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The religion and the ethics of Jesus are utterly inseparable.
Jesus or Christianity: A Study in Contrasts (1929)
It seems incredible that a man with such a message and such nobility of character should have been killed as an enemy of society. But is it surprising?
Jesus or Christianity: A Study in Contrasts (1929)
To destroy the oppressors of a nation is not Jesus' way of bringing freedom to its citizens. Real freedom is not a racial, national or international problem; it is personal.
The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921)
In our own inner selves, we find operating the same trio—ignorance, indifference, and carelessness.
None of us believes that rulers are infallible or that their commands should constitute our highest standard of right and wrong.
The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921)
Personality is the supreme value, and should be regarded as an end and not merely as a means to an end.
How much less able to fathom the meaning of his words and deeds were the ecclesiastical leaders.
Jesus or Christianity: A Study in Contrasts (1929)
Another serious charge against Jesus was that of treason to his country.
Jesus or Christianity: A Study in Contrasts (1929)
Jesus Christ is personally unknown to the vast masses of men on all continents. His influence is limited by the failure and indifference of his professed followers.
Jesus teaches the kinship and equality of all children of God. No division of race or color, class or caste, rich or poor, male or female, is found in the teaching of Jesus.
The earliest authority was the word of the strongest warrior, the head of the family or the tribe, the medicine man or the witch doctor.
Jesus assumes the wisdom, power, love, and accessibility of God. Without attempting to prove these attributes, he simply acts as if their truth were beyond dispute.
Mightier than divisions of infantry and cavalry, more powerful than dynamite and ammonal, more irresistible than poison gas and boiling oil, is the spirit of the cross.
The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921)
He should refuse to be swayed by frenzied passion or surface patriotism, but should remember that the truest patriotism is shown only by loyalty to one's highest moral convictions.
The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921)
Live to-day as if the ideal society has already come to pass. The Kingdom of God is within you. It is all about you.
Jesus or Christianity: A Study in Contrasts (1929)
Tragic experience indicates that the most sacred obligations are utterly disregarded when their observance means losing the war.
What is War? (1924)
The very name of Jesus means, "He shall save his people from their sins." He came to seek and save the lost, those who are enslaved by sin.
The most tragic waste... is in the spiritual lives of men.
A Christian is never justified in following a course of action that is utterly opposed to the principles of the Kingdom, not even to serve the temporal well being of family or nation.
The Sword or the Cross, Which Should be the Weapon of the Christian Militant? (1921)
Of all the founders of great religions, Jesus alone proclaimed one God, immanent and powerful, holy and righteous, a loving and seeking Father, concerned about the welfare of each of his children.