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Religion Quotes by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

8 Religion quotes by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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D. Martyn Lloyd‑Jones’s take on religion comes through in just eight lines, each a distilled piece of his larger theological conversation. This compact collection serves as a handy entry point for anyone wanting to gauge his approach without wading through volumes.

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“Religion is that which a man does with his own solitude.”

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“Anyone who thinks that he can live the Christian life himself is proclaiming that he is not a Christian.”

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“Preaching has very largely become a profession. Instead of real Christian sermons we are given secondhand expositions of psychology. The preachers say…

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“I can learn from the preachers of the past, and should; but I must not be a slavish imitator of them.”

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“When we realize truly what we have to be, and what we have to do, we become inevitably 'poor in spirit'. That…

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“If you recognize, however, that the physical may be partly responsible for your spiritual condition and make allowances for that, you will…

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“The Church has been trying to preach morality and ethics without the Gospel as a basis; it has been preaching morality without…

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“And if one feels anything in the presence of God save an utter poverty of spirit, it ultimately means that you have…

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“Religion is that which a man does with his own solitude.”

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“Anyone who thinks that he can live the Christian life himself is proclaiming that he is not a Christian.”

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“this life is a kind of preparatory school for the great life that is awaiting us beyond death and time.”

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“this other man within us, has got to be handled. Do not listen to him; turn on him; speak to him; condemn him; upbraid…

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“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.' What does it mean? Let me put it negatively like this. We are not…

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“The Christian is confronted by two ways only, and if we are not on the strait and narrow way, we are on the wide…

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“Once again, therefore, I would define meekness like this. The man who is truly meek is the one who is amazed that God and…

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“Preaching has very largely become a profession. Instead of real Christian sermons we are given secondhand expositions of psychology. The preachers say they that…

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“this is not allegory. I have no gospel unless this is history. In addition, I have been pointing out that as well as being…

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“The meek already inherit the earth in this life, in this way. A man who is truly meek is a man who is always…

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“Abraham had the same experience (Genesis 15).”

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“Thus the defective doctrine of sin and the shallow idea of joy, working together, of necessity produce a superficial kind of person and a…

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“For it is when a man sees himself in this unutterable hopelessness that the Holy Spirit reveals unto him the Lord Jesus Christ as…

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“There is nothing more futile, when dealing with this condition, than to act on the assumption that all Christians are identical in every respect.”

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“No book in the world today comes to us in the particular way that the Bible comes to us, exactly where we are, in…

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