Holy life Quote by J.C. Ryle

“It is as if Protestantism by clinging to the Scripture wished to preserve the last faint echoes of God’s Word in a world that…

— Hermann Broch

“One of the weaknesses of the Evangelical church and the reason why it does not do restoration well is because it is theological, but…

— Darrin Patrick

Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of 'the…

— J. C. Ryle

“When you find that a theology has nothing more to offer than what the world already offers, then that theology as a theology is…

— Criss Jami

I just got fed up with the Protestantism that I'd been brought up with being rubbed out, disregarded. There's an awful lot of frailty…

— Melvyn Bragg

“What do you listen to in the Protestant church? To the words of a man who has been chosen for his eloquence—and not too…

— Djuna Barnes

“There is an additional and compelling question that probably also will go unaddressed: what is a Protestant? In this brief Introduction I will demonstrate…

— Rodney Stark

“What remains of the old Protestant fundamentalism is politics: abortion, gays, evolution. these issues are what binds congregations together. but even here things have…

— Fareed Zakaria

This religion takes away the courage of thinking of unusual things and prohibits self-examination above all as the most egregiousof sins.... It is one…

— Stendhal

“[Holy ridicule] does not mock the serious things of life, but rather people who take themselves too seriously--not God, but man's ecclesiastical idols; not…

— Harry Boonstra

The protestant world is in great need of examples (like these) that will beckon us to the fullness of God.

— Mike Bickle

“There’s no stronger bulwark of sound conservatism than the evangelical church, and no better place to make friends who’ll help you to gain your…

— Sinclair Lewis