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> [The measure of a Christian is not in the height of his grasp but in the depth of his love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/the-measure-of-a-christian-is-not-in-the-height-of-his-grasp-but-in/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

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## More by Clarence Jordan

> [God will seek us -- how long? Until he finds us. And when he's found the last little shriveling rebellious soul and has depopulated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/god-will-seek-us-how-long-until-he-finds-us-and-when-he-s-found-the/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [Fear is the polio of the soul. Faith is the life based on unseen realities; it is the word become flesh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/fear-is-the-polio-of-the-soul-faith-is-the-life-based-on-unseen/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [Now faith is the turning of dreams into deeds. It is betting your life on the unseen realities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/now-faith-is-the-turning-of-dreams-into-deeds-it-is-betting-your-life/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [What the poor need is not charity but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers. And what the rich need is a wise, honorable and just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/what-the-poor-need-is-not-charity-but-capital-not-caseworkers-but/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [Fear is the polio of the soul which prevents our walking by faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/fear-is-the-polio-of-the-soul-which-prevents-our-walking-by-faith/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [The measure of a Christian is not in the height of his grasp but in the depth of his love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/the-measure-of-a-christian-is-not-in-the-height-of-his-grasp-but-in/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [God is not a celestial prison warden jangling the keys on a bunch of lifers--he's a shepherd seeking for sheep, a woman searching for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/god-is-not-a-celestial-prison-warden-jangling-the-keys-on-a-bunch-of/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [Even though people about us choose the path of hate and violence and warfare and greed and prejudice, we who are Christ's body must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/even-though-people-about-us-choose-the-path-of-hate-and-violence-and/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [What the poor need is not charity, but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/what-the-poor-need-is-not-charity-but-capital-not-caseworkers-but-2/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [Behold a tree. Does it not speak to us thusly: 'Don't you see that God is not working himself into a frenzy in me?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/behold-a-tree-does-it-not-speak-to-us-thusly-don-t-you-see-that-god/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [The crowning evidence that Jesus was alive was not a vacant grave, but a spirit-filled fellowship. Not a rolled away stone, but a carried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/the-crowning-evidence-that-jesus-was-alive-was-not-a-vacant-grave-but/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [The resurrection of Jesus was simply God's unwillingness to take our 'no' for an answer. He raised Jesus, not as an invitation to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/the-resurrection-of-jesus-was-simply-god-s-unwillingness-to-take-our/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [Wars are generally fought for material things; they're not fought over ideals. After we get into them, we are told we are fighting for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/wars-are-generally-fought-for-material-things-they-re-not-fought-over/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [One wonders why Christians today get off so easily. Is it because unchristian Americans are that much better than unchristian Romans, or is our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/one-wonders-why-christians-today-get-off-so-easily-is-it-because/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

> [The crowning evidence that he lives is not a vacant grave, but a spirit-filled fellowship. Not a rolled-away stone, but a carried-away church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-jordan/the-crowning-evidence-that-he-lives-is-not-a-vacant-grave-but-a/)

[Clarence Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-jordan/)

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