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“This one quotation could really serve as the emblem of this chapter: an artisan, who was touched by a neighbor, by a printed Bible in French, and above all by the Psalms.”
― William L. Holladay, The Psalms Through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses

“Christ was sent not to mend wounded people or wake sleepy people or advise confused people or inspire bored people or spur on lazy people or educate ignorant people, but to raise dead people.”
― Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

“The laments comprise more than one-third of the Psalms, yet they are strikingly underused in our worship.”
― William L. Holladay, The Psalms Through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses

“It is in fact more important for us to know what God did to Israel, to His Son Jesus Christ, than to seek what God intends for us today.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community