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> [“For us Jesus does not merely place His fingers in the ears and say, “Be opened”; for us He does not merely say “Arise and walk.” For us He has done a greater thing–for us He died.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/for-us-jesus-does-not-merely-place-his-fingers-in-the-ears-and-say-be/)

[J. Gresham Machen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-gresham-machen/)

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## More by J. Gresham Machen

> [“We may preach with all the fervor of a reformer and yet succeed only in winning a straggler here and there, if we permit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/we-may-preach-with-all-the-fervor-of-a-reformer-and-yet-succeed-only/)

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> [“That view of the Cross, it cannot be denied, runs counter to the mind of the natural man. It is not, indeed, complicated or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/that-view-of-the-cross-it-cannot-be-denied-runs-counter-to-the-mind/)

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> [“It will hardly be wise to adopt the suggestion… that we must stop treating the little sins as though they were big sins. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/it-will-hardly-be-wise-to-adopt-the-suggestion-that-we-must-stop/)

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> [“But underlying that sweet and blessed communion of the Christian with his God there is a true knowledge of God. A communion with God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/but-underlying-that-sweet-and-blessed-communion-of-the-christian-with/)

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> [“According to all the four Gospels, and according to all the supposed sources which modern criticism has tried to detect back of the four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/according-to-all-the-four-gospels-and-according-to-all-the-supposed/)

[J. Gresham Machen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-gresham-machen/)

> [“The true reason why faith is given such an exclusive place by the New Testament, so far as the attainment of salvation is concerned,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/the-true-reason-why-faith-is-given-such-an-exclusive-place-by-the-new/)

[J. Gresham Machen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-gresham-machen/)

> [“The strange thing about Christianity was that it adopted an entirely different method. It transformed the lives of men not by appealing to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/the-strange-thing-about-christianity-was-that-it-adopted-an-entirely/)

[J. Gresham Machen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-gresham-machen/)

> [“Involuntary organizations ought to be tolerant, but voluntary organizations, so far as the fundamental purpose of their existence is concerned, must be intolerant or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/involuntary-organizations-ought-to-be-tolerant-but-voluntary/)

[J. Gresham Machen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-gresham-machen/)

> [“Christian experience is rightly used when it helps to convince us that the events narrated in the New Testament actually did occur; but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/christian-experience-is-rightly-used-when-it-helps-to-convince-us/)

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> [“In trying to remove from Christianity everything that could possibly be objected to in the name of science, in trying to bribe off the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/in-trying-to-remove-from-christianity-everything-that-could-possibly/)

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> [“The world is lying in misery, we ourselves are sinners, men are perishing in sin every day. The gospel is the sole means of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/the-world-is-lying-in-misery-we-ourselves-are-sinners-men-are/)

[J. Gresham Machen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-gresham-machen/)

> [“For Christians to influence the world with the truth of God's Word requires the recovery of the great Reformation doctrine of vocation. Christians are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/for-christians-to-influence-the-world-with-the-truth-of-god-s-word/)

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> [“For us Jesus does not merely place His fingers in the ears and say, “Be opened”; for us He does not merely say “Arise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/for-us-jesus-does-not-merely-place-his-fingers-in-the-ears-and-say-be/)

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> [“It is true that historic Christianity is in conflict at many points with the collectivism of the present day; it does emphasize, against the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/it-is-true-that-historic-christianity-is-in-conflict-at-many-points/)

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> [“Christianity cannot subsist unless men know what Christianity is; and the fair and logical thing is to learn what Christianity is, not from its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/christianity-cannot-subsist-unless-men-know-what-christianity-is-and/)

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