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> [If the Christian church is to move responsibly towards the future, it must restore or renew its ties with its past. Contemporary Catholic and Protestant radicals want to claim that Christianity means whatever Christian today happen to believe and practice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/if-the-christian-church-is-to-move-responsibly-towards-the-future-it/)

[Ronald H. Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-h-nash/)

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## More by Ronald H. Nash

> [“Every person has something that concerns her ultimately and whatever it is, that object of ultimate concern is that person's God”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/every-person-has-something-that-concerns-her-ultimately-and-whatever/)

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> [“Just as the moon derives the light it reflects from the sun, so the rational human mind derives a created ability to know from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/just-as-the-moon-derives-the-light-it-reflects-from-the-sun-so-the/)

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> [Even though most people who reject Christianity treat it as a refuge for enemies of reason, the truth is that there may be no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/even-though-most-people-who-reject-christianity-treat-it-as-a-refuge/)

[Ronald H. Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-h-nash/)

> [While contemporary non-Evangelicals have virtually reduced faith to 'courageous ignorance,' Evangelicals have hardly been faithful in defending God's objective communication of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/while-contemporary-non-evangelicals-have-virtually-reduced-faith-to/)

[Ronald H. Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-h-nash/)

> [If the Christian church is to move responsibly towards the future, it must restore or renew its ties with its past. Contemporary Catholic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/if-the-christian-church-is-to-move-responsibly-towards-the-future-it/)

[Ronald H. Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-h-nash/)

> [The secular and religious Left find it convenient to demonize politically conservative Christians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/the-secular-and-religious-left-find-it-convenient-to-demonize/)

[Ronald H. Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-h-nash/)

> [Whatever a person's ultimate concern may be, it will have an enormous influence on everything else the person does or believes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/whatever-a-person-s-ultimate-concern-may-be-it-will-have-an-enormous/)

[Ronald H. Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-h-nash/)

> [“When any individual or collection of individuals acts in disobedience to the moral order, short-term gratification may be experienced; but such behavior produces an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/when-any-individual-or-collection-of-individuals-acts-in-disobedience/)

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> [One thing evangelicals want is a reprieve from intolerance against their beliefs, values, and practices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/one-thing-evangelicals-want-is-a-reprieve-from-intolerance-against/)

[Ronald H. Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-h-nash/)

> [The religious opponents of Christian conservatives are presented as moderates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/the-religious-opponents-of-christian-conservatives-are-presented-as/)

[Ronald H. Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-h-nash/)

> [“The world is not composed of religious and non-religious people. It is composed rather of religious people who have differing ultimate concerns, different gods,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/the-world-is-not-composed-of-religious-and-non-religious-people-it-is/)

[Ronald H. Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-h-nash/)

> [Extremist groups like People for the American Way attack Christians who run for public office as a threat to the 'separation of church and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/extremist-groups-like-people-for-the-american-way-attack-christians/)

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> [“Efforts to remove the Christian faith from subjects like American history distort the content of the subject. Just as wrong is the idea that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/efforts-to-remove-the-christian-faith-from-subjects-like-american/)

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