I firmly believe people have hitherto been a great deal too much taken…

George MacDonald
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I firmly believe people have hitherto been a great deal too much taken up about doctrine and far too little about practice. The word doctrine, as used in the Bible, means teaching of duty, not theory. ✨ George MacDonald (1994). An expression of character: the letters of George MacDonald, Eerdmans Pub Co
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