The Christian is joyful, not because he is blind to injustice and suffering, but because he is convinced that these, in the light of the divine sovereignty, are never ultimate. The Christian can be sad, and often is perplexed, but… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it. ... — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
One of the noblest words in our language is "grace," defined as "unearned blessing." We live by grace far more than by anything else.… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
The more we study the early Church, the more we realize that it was a society of ministers. About the only similarity between the… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
The Christian is joyful, not because he is blind to injustice and suffering, but because he is convinced that these, in the light of… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet. — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
Our religion is one which challenges the ordinary human standards by holding that the ideal of life is the spirit of a little child.… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it. ... — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
At the profoundest depths in life, men talk not about God but with Him. — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
If the average church should suddenly take seriously the notion that every lay member man or woman is really a minister of Christ, we… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
This historic Christian doctrine of the divinity of Christ does not simply mean that Jesus is like God. It is far more radical than… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
The ultimate verification of our religion consists of the changed lives to which it can point and for which it is responsible. — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced. — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief. — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
