Some men will spin out a long prayer telling God who and what he is, or they pray out a whole system of divinity. Some people preach, others exhort the people, till everybody wishes they would stop, and God wishes… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
In nearly all cases, if the people complain of the length of our sermons it is because we fail to interest them personally in what we have to say. — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
Ministers often preach about the Gospel instead of preaching the Gospel. They often preach about sinners instead of preaching to them. — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
When there is a spirit of controversy in the church or in the land, a revival is needful. The spirit of religion is not… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
“I felt like rebuking them with all my heart and yet with a compassion which they could not mistake. I never knew that they… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
Why will God's creatures sin against his throne? Can there be such madness in beings gifted with reason's light? — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
The Church must take right ground in regard to politics... Politics are a part of a religion in such a country as this, and… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
The reason why wicked men and devils hate God is, because they see Him in relation to themselves. Their hearts rise up in rebellion,… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
Every moment of your lives you are exerting a tremendous influence, that will tell on the immortal interests of souls around you. Are you… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
The time has come that Christians must vote for honest men and take consistent ground in politics or the Lord will curse them. . . . Christians have been exceedingly guilty in this matter. But the time has come when they must act differently. . . . Christians seem to act as if they thought God did not see what… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share
Repentance is a change of willing, of feeling and of living, in respect to God. — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
Revival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
No man can possibly be benevolent or religious, to the full extent of his obligations, without concerning himself, to a greater or less extent,… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
