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Quotes by Theologian
"Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems."
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"It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart."
81
"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."
81
"Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned."
80
"Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures."
79
"Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is."
78
"The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children."
78
"I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself."
God,
77
"It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us."
77
"We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness."
77
"Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy."
75
"Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back."
75
"In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians."
75
"The question of why evil exists is not a theological question, for it assumes that it is possible to go behind the existence forced upon us as sinners. If we could answer it then we would not be sinners. We could make something else responsible...The theological question does not arise about the origin of evil but about the real overcoming of evil on the Cross; it ask for the forgiveness of guilt, for the reconciliation of the fallen world."
75
"We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but these mistakes need not be sins."
72
"Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to its own avarice and sadness."
72
"If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else."
72
"One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons."
72
"Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us."
71
"Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real state of our fellowship, of our sanctification. What may appear weak and trifling to us may be great and glorious to God. Just as the Christian should not be constantly feeling his spiritual pulse, so, too, the Christian community has not been given to us by God for us to be constantly taking its temperature. The more thankfully we daily receive what is given to us, the more surely and steadily will fellowship increase and grow from day to day as God pleases."
71
"Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character."
71
"Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt."
70
"Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality."
70
"Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal."
70
"When the great promise of the Spirit was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, it was fulfilled not in reference to the apostles only."
70
"Jealousy is the grave of affection."
70
"Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel."
70
"Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love."
69
"Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain."
69
"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve."
69
"Whenever Christ calls us, his call leads us to death."
69
"Bless them that persecute you.' If our enemy cannot put up with us any longer and takes to cursing us, our immediate reaction must be to lift up our hands and bless him. Our enemies are the blessed of the Lord. Their curse can do us no harm. May their poverty be enriched with all the riches of God, with the blessing of Him whom they seek to oppose in vain. We are ready to endure their curses so long as they redound to their blessing."
69
"The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings."
69
"He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory."
68
"If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction."
68
"Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past."
68
"Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other hand, desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer.Lack of desire is poverty."
68
"Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community."
67
"I see with greater and greater clearness that consistent Christianity is the easiest Christianity to defend."
67
"The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them."
67
"The most powerful moral influence is example."
67
"All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors."
67
"However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing."
67
"As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples."
67
"God has prepared for Himself one great song of praise throughout eternity, and those who enter the community of God join in this song. It is the song that the "morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy at the creation of the world. (Job 38:7). It is the victory song of the children of Israel after passing through the Red Sea, the Magnificat of Mary after the annunciation, the song of Paul and Silas in the night of prison, the song of the singers on the sea of glass after their rescue, the "song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb (Rev. 15:3) It is the song of the heavenly fellowship."
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