"It is not possible to be incidentally a……" — Sheldon Vanauken

"It is not possible to be incidentally a Christian. The fact of Christianity must be overwhelmingly first or nothing."

— Sheldon Vanauken

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18 Quotes by Sheldon Vanauken

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...So Englishmen saw it. Lincoln's insincerity was regarded as proven by two things: his earlier denial of any lawful right…
A man in the jungle at night, as someone said, may suppose a hyena's growl to be a lion's; but…
Both Heaven and Hell are retroactive, all of one's life will eventually be known to have been one or the…
Signs must be read with caution. The history of Christendom is replete with instances of people who misread the signs.
But Love is the final reality; and anyone who does not understand this, be he writer or sage, is a…
God gives us many gifts, but never permanence; that we must seek in his arms.
Not only are we harried by time, we seem unable, despite a thousand generations, even to get used to it.…
Art is first a seeing and then a revealing
Religiously, we longed for the lively life in Christ, but we did not fully see that we were equally longing…
But I was not obeying the first and greatest commandment - to love God first - nor is it clear…
It is not possible to be 'incidentally a Christian.' The fact of Christianity must be overwhelmingly first or nothing. This…
The adult must seem to mislead the child, and the Master the dog. They misread the signs. Their ignorance and…

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Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which… — Karen Armstrong
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For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. — Saint Augustine
No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more. — Saint Augustine
The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the… — Saint Augustine
The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are… — Teresa of Avila
I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center… — Michele Bachmann
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
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