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> [The more we study the early Church, the more we realize that it was a society of ministers. About the only similarity between the Church at Corinth and a contemporary congregation, either Roman Catholic or Protestant, is that both are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/the-more-we-study-the-early-church-the-more-we-realize-that-it-was-a/)

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## More by D. Elton Trueblood

> [One of the noblest words in our language is "grace," defined as "unearned blessing." We live by grace far more than by anything else.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/one-of-the-noblest-words-in-our-language-is-grace-defined-as-unearned/)

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> [The more we study the early Church, the more we realize that it was a society of ministers. About the only similarity between the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/the-more-we-study-the-early-church-the-more-we-realize-that-it-was-a/)

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> [The Christian is joyful, not because he is blind to injustice and suffering, but because he is convinced that these, in the light of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/the-christian-is-joyful-not-because-he-is-blind-to-injustice-and/)

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> [It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/it-takes-a-noble-man-to-plant-a-seed-for-a-tree-that-will-someday/)

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> [Our religion is one which challenges the ordinary human standards by holding that the ideal of life is the spirit of a little child.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/our-religion-is-one-which-challenges-the-ordinary-human-standards-by/)

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> [Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it. ...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/democracy-is-necessitated-by-the-fact-that-all-men-are-sinners-it-is/)

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> [At the profoundest depths in life, men talk not about God but with Him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/at-the-profoundest-depths-in-life-men-talk-not-about-god-but-with-him/)

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> [If the average church should suddenly take seriously the notion that every lay member man or woman is really a minister of Christ, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/if-the-average-church-should-suddenly-take-seriously-the-notion-that/)

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> [This historic Christian doctrine of the divinity of Christ does not simply mean that Jesus is like God. It is far more radical than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/this-historic-christian-doctrine-of-the-divinity-of-christ-does-not/)

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> [The ultimate verification of our religion consists of the changed lives to which it can point and for which it is responsible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/the-ultimate-verification-of-our-religion-consists-of-the-changed/)

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> [The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/the-world-is-equally-shocked-at-hearing-christianity-criticized-and/)

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> [We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/we-need-to-be-agnostics-first-and-then-there-is-some-chance-at/)

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> [A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/a-man-has-made-at-least-a-start-on-discovering-the-meaning-of-human/)

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> [No vital Christianity is possible unless at least three aspects of it are developed. These are the inner life of devotion, the outer life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/no-vital-christianity-is-possible-unless-at-least-three-aspects-of-it/)

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> [Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-elton-trueblood/faith-is-not-belief-without-proof-but-trust-without-reservation/)

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