Jesus was certainly not a mere enunciator of permanent truths, like the modern liberal preacher; on the contrary He was conscious of standing at the turning-point of the ages, when what had never been was now to come to be.

Afternoon classes - that evil invention!

Modern culture is a mighty force. It is either subservient to the gospel or else it is the deadliest enemy of the gospel

Certainly it does make the greatest possible difference what we think about God; the knowledge of God is the very basis of religion.

Paganism is that view of life which finds the highest goal of human existence in the healthy and harmonious and joyous development of existing human faculties. Very different is the Christian ideal. Paganism is optimistic with regard to unaided human nature, whereas Christianity is the religion of the broken heart.

I see with greater and greater clearness that consistent Christianity is the easiest Christianity to defend

Faith is indeed intellectual; it involves an apprehension of certain things as facts; and vain is the modern effort to divorce faith from knowledge. But although faith is intellectual, it is not only intellectual. You cannot have faith without having knowledge; but you will not have faith if you have only knowledge.