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Religion Quotes by William Barclay
- Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and…
- Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.
- If we are to accept the teaching of Jesus at all, then the only test of the reality of a man's religion is his attitude…
- More people have been brought into the church by the kindness of real Christian love than by all the theological arguments in the world.
- It may be that one of our great faults in prayer is that we talk too much and listen too little. When prayer is at…
- We may not understand how the spirit works; but the effect of the spirit on the lives of men is there for all to see;…
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- Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi