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 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.
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back.
Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back.
You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; read more
You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything.
Give God the margin of eternity to justify himself.
Give God the margin of eternity to justify himself.
The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.
The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.
