The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the general intellectual atmosphere of the time is always determined by the views on which the opposing schools agree. They become the unspoken presuppositions of all thought, and common and unquestioningly accepted foundations on which all discussion proceeds.
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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
The church is the great lost and found department.
The church is the great lost and found department.
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and read more
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.
If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls read more
If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls of the hearers.
Those of little faith are of little hatred.
Those of little faith are of little hatred.
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.
Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't read more
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
The mind never fully accepts any convictions that it does not owe to its own efforts.
The mind never fully accepts any convictions that it does not owe to its own efforts.
