Christianity Quotes by Alexander MacLaren

8 Christianity quotes by Alexander MacLaren

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Alexander MacLaren’s biblical scholarship shines in these eight excerpts, highlighting his meticulous, interpretive approach to Christianity. The short set serves as a quick entry into his thoughtful analysis.

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Ah, my brother, it is a far harder thing, and it is afar higher proof of a thorough-going, persistent, Christian principle woven…

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The manliness of Christian love, and the putting away from ourselves of all fear, because we are " perfected in love," is…

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You must cast yourself on God's gospel with all your weight, without any hanging back, without any doubt, without even the shadow…

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Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.

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The gospel is not speculation but fact. It is truth, because it is the record of a person who is the Truth.

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The apostolic church thought more about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ than about death and heaven. The early Christians were looking,…

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The sum of the whole matter is this: He who is one in will and heart with God is a Christian. He…

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Brethren, understand that the gospel is a gospel which brings a present salvation; and try to feel that it is not presumption,…

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God keeps giving Himself as long as we bring that into which He can pour Himself. And when we stop bringing, He stops giving.

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As we look upon that agony and those tearful prayers, let us not only look with thankfulness; but let that kneeling Saviour teach us…

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The cross is the centre of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifiction of our Lord are the pivot round which…

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The grave has a door on its inner side.

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Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be…

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Do not let the loud utterances of your own wills anticipate, nor drown, the still, small voice in which God speaks. Bridle impatience till…

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Man's course begins in a garden, but it ends in a city.

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The cup which my Saviour giveth me, can it be anything but a cup of salvation?

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Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures' will.

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If you want to live in this world, doing the duty of life, knowing the blessings of it, doing your work heartily, and yet…

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Faith is the sight of the inward eye.

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Every sin is a mistake, as well as a wrong; and the epitaph for the sinner is, "Thou fool!"

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True peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God and will be deep and passing all understanding in…

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