"To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher……" — Roland Allen

"To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling; it requires that the speaker should expect a response."

— Roland Allen

19 Quotes by Roland Allen

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In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their…
Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love.
There is in St. Paul's definite, soul-stirring assertion of the wrath of God and the reality of the judgment at…
We want Paul's theology and his results but not his methods.
What we need to be assured of is not that we possess an excellent system of doctrine and ritual, but…
We must be willing to begin with positive teaching, not with negative prohibitions, and be content to wait and to…
The Spirit is Love expressed towards man as redeeming love, and the Spirit is truth, and the Spirit is the…
Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He…
I have a profound belief in the power of the Sacraments. I believe that in a Divine way the use…
The church was first established and organized with a world-wide mission for a world-wide work.
The spontaneous expansion of the Church reduced to its elements is a very simple thing...What is necessary is faith. What…
Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. If I…

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"To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher……" — Roland Allen

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