Religion Quotes by Roland Allen

9 Religion quotes by Roland Allen

Roland Allen’s eight short reflections on religion capture his missionary focus in a concise format. This small selection gives a quick taste of his practical approach to faith.

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If we allow the consideration of heathen morality and heathen religion to absolve us from the duty of preaching the gospel we…

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The apostles were moved, not so much by an intellectual apprehension, as by a spiritual illumination. They met men, and the need…

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Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love.

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The church was first established and organized with a world-wide mission for a world-wide work.

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Men who hold a theory of the Church which excludes from communion those whom they admit to have the Spirit of Christ…

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Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the…

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Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They…

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The spontaneous expansion of the Church reduced to its elements is a very simple thing...What is necessary is faith. What is needed…

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“Spiritual pride is a far more deadly sin than concubinage; selfishness is a far more deadly sin than polygamy; hatred is a…

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There is in St. Paul's definite, soul-stirring assertion of the wrath of God and the reality of the judgment at hand, a truth more…

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The Spirit is Love expressed towards man as redeeming love, and the Spirit is truth, and the Spirit is the Holy Spirit. Redemption is…

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If we allow the consideration of heathen morality and heathen religion to absolve us from the duty of preaching the gospel we are really…

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We want Paul's theology and his results but not his methods.

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In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their sense of the Spirit…

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We must be willing to begin with positive teaching, not with negative prohibitions, and be content to wait and to watch whilst the native…

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Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. If I do not love a…

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Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the life of…

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The apostles were moved, not so much by an intellectual apprehension, as by a spiritual illumination. They met men, and the need of those…

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Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love.

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“We can no longer afford to ignore the work of others and to plan our missions as though other missions did not exist.”

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Of course all advance depends upon money, when we depend upon paid workers for any advance. Teach men as one of their first lessons…

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“Spiritual pride is a far more deadly sin than concubinage; selfishness is a far more deadly sin than polygamy; hatred is a far more…

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