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br.writeln("<center><B>Christian Quotation of the Day</B><BR><SMALL>Saturday, December 20, 2025</SMALL></center>");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:0in;text-indent:.2in\">[Continued from yesterday]<DT style=\"margin-left:0in;text-indent:.2in\">While we continue to pray and work for the spread of the kingdom in this transitory world, we know that its center of gravity is not here at all. When God decides that the human experiment has gone on long enough, yes, even in the midst of what appears to us confusion and incompleteness, Christ will come again. This is what the New Testament teaches. This is the message of Advent. It is for us to be alert, vigilant and industrious, so that his coming will not be a terror but an overwhelming joy.");
br.writeln("<DT style=\"margin-left:.4in;text-indent:-.2in\">... <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndan.htm#Phillips\">J. B. Phillips</A> (1906-1982), <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodndtd.htm#GoodNewsThoughts\"><I>Good News: Thoughts on God and Man</I></A>, New York: Macmillan, 1963, p. 160");
br.writeln("(see the <A target=_blank HREF=\"http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1422382\">book</A>; see also <A target=_blank HREF=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gal.+4:3-5;+Gen.+49:10;+Dan.+2:44;+Matt.+24:42;+Mark+13:33;+Luke+12:35-36;+21:36;+Eph.+1:9-10;+1+Thess.+5:6>Gal. 4:3-5; Gen. 49:10; Dan. 2:44; Matt. 24:42; Mark 13:33; Luke 12:35-36; 21:36; Eph. 1:9-10; 1 Thess. 5:6</A>; more at <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub1.htm#Bible\">Bible</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub1.htm#Christ\">Christ</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub1.htm#Christmas\">Christmas</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub1.htm#Confusion\">Confusion</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub2.htm#God\">God</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Joy\">Joy</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Kingdom\">Kingdom</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub3.htm#Prayer\">Prayer</A>, <A HREF=\"https://www.cqod.com/cqodsub4.htm#Work\">Work</A>)");
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