“One of these days some simple soul will pick up the Book of God, read it, and believe it. Then the rest of us will be embarrassed. We have adopted the convenient theory that the Bible is a Book to be explained, whereas first and foremost it is a Book to be believed (and after that to be obeyed).”
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“There is one reason we don’t have revival: we are content to live without it.”
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“The king of America is sport, and his wife is entertainment.”
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“I’d rather have 10 people who want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.”
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“I doubt if 5% of professing Christians are born again.”
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“We live in a world that has lost its way and a church that has lost its vision.”
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“Our pulpits have more puppets then prophets. It seems to me that the average preacher today is a cross between a junior executive of IBM and a manager of a McDonald’s restaurant. There are few with a real burden.”
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The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.
“How many times have you confessed sins that you did not mean to break off, and when you had no solemn purpose not to repeat them? Yes, have confessed sins when you knew you as much expected to go and repeat them, as you expected to live.”
“Understand now what lying is. Any species of designed deception. If the deception {is not a design} it is not lying. But if you design to make an impression contrary to the naked truth, you lie. . . . God calls them LIES, and charges you with LYING, and you had better charge yourself correctly. How innumerable are the falsehoods perpetrated every day in business, and in social intercourse, by words, and looks, and actions – designed to make an impression on others contrary to the truth for selfish reasons.”