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> [Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus was never an inhabitant of the realm of speculative thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/theologians-have-felt-no-hesitation-in-founding-a-system-of/)

[Walter Rauschenbusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rauschenbusch/)

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## More by Walter Rauschenbusch

> [Every generation tries to put its doctrine on a high shelf where the children can not reach it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/every-generation-tries-to-put-its-doctrine-on-a-high-shelf-where-the/)

[Walter Rauschenbusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rauschenbusch/)

> [Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/whoever-sets-any-bounds-for-the-reconstructive-power-of-the-religious/)

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> [Christianity is in its nature revolutionary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/christianity-is-in-its-nature-revolutionary/)

[Walter Rauschenbusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rauschenbusch/)

> [The influences that really make and mar human happiness are beyond the reach of the law. The law can keep neighbors from trespassing, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/the-influences-that-really-make-and-mar-human-happiness-are-beyond/)

[Walter Rauschenbusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rauschenbusch/)

> [Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus was never an inhabitant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/theologians-have-felt-no-hesitation-in-founding-a-system-of/)

[Walter Rauschenbusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rauschenbusch/)

> [The Kingdom of God is not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming the life on earth into the harmony of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/the-kingdom-of-god-is-not-a-matter-of-getting-individuals-to-heaven/)

[Walter Rauschenbusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rauschenbusch/)

> [It is for us to see the Kingdom of God as always coming, always pressing in on the present, always big with possibility, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/it-is-for-us-to-see-the-kingdom-of-god-as-always-coming-always/)

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> [History is never antiquated, because humanity is always fundamentally the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/history-is-never-antiquated-because-humanity-is-always-fundamentally/)

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> [We never live so intensely as when we love strongly. We never realize ourselves so vividly as when we are in full glow of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/we-never-live-so-intensely-as-when-we-love-strongly-we-never-realize/)

[Walter Rauschenbusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rauschenbusch/)

> [God, we thank you for this earth, our homes; for the wide sky and the blessed sun, for the salt sea and the running…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/god-we-thank-you-for-this-earth-our-homes-for-the-wide-sky-and-the/)

[Walter Rauschenbusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rauschenbusch/)

> [The real joy of life is in its play. Play is anything we do for the joy and love of doing it, apart from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/the-real-joy-of-life-is-in-its-play-play-is-anything-we-do-for-the/)

[Walter Rauschenbusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-rauschenbusch/)

> [Those influences which really make and mar human happiness and greatness are beyond the reach of the law. The law can keep neighbors from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/those-influences-which-really-make-and-mar-human-happiness-and/)

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> [The belief in a satanic kingdom exists today only where religious and theological traditions keep this believe alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/the-belief-in-a-satanic-kingdom-exists-today-only-where-religious-and/)

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> [Whoever uncouples the religious and the social life has not understood Jesus. Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-rauschenbusch/whoever-uncouples-the-religious-and-the-social-life-has-not/)

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