If Melanchthon were alive
If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord’s Supper, but he might well sorrow because of our indifference to its meaning and importance. Erwin W. Lutzer
Supper
I am not in
I am not in the habit of taking baritones to supper. Eric Taylor
A lady never asks
A lady never asks a gentleman to dance, or to go to supper with her. Emily Post
Oh that\\’s lovely,\\\” said
Oh that’s lovely,\” said Bunny. \”Olive, you’ve got a date.\” \”Why would you say something so foolish?\” Olive asked, really annoyed. \”We’re two lonely people having supper.\” \”Exactly,\” said Bunny. \”That’s a date. Elizabeth Strout
I made cranberry sauce,
I made cranberry sauce, and when it was done put it into a dark blue bowl for the beautiful contrast. I was thinking, doing this, about the old ways of gratitude: Indians thanking the deer they’d slain, grace before supper, kneeling before bed. I was thinking that gratitude is too much absent in our lives … Read more
This race is never
This race is never grateful: from the first, One fills their cup at supper with pure wine, Which back they give at cross-time on a sponge, In bitter vinegar. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
What did Jesus say
What did Jesus say to the headwaiter at the Last Supper? ‘Separate checks, please.’ Edward Abbey
They are prepared for
They are prepared for a God who strikes hard bargains but not for a God who gives as much for an hour’s work as for a day’s. They are prepared for a mustard-seed kingdom of God no bigger than the eye of a newt but not for the great banyan it becomes with birds in … Read more
Jesus is apt to
Jesus is apt to come, into the very midst of life at its most real and inescapable moments. Not in a blaze of unearthly light, not in the midst of a sermon, not in the throes of some kind of religious daydream, but…at supper time, or walking along a road…He never approached from on high, … Read more
Among the numerous pleasures
Among the numerous pleasures of Vienna the hotel evenings are famous. During supper Strauss or Lanner play waltzes…After every waltz they get huge applause; and if they play a Quodlibet, or jumble of opera, song and dance, the hearers are so overjoyed that they don’t know what to do with themselves. It shows the corrupt … Read more