Courageous Christianity

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“The idea that we ought to feel disappointed when people do not believe the Gospel, that we ought to think that something has gone wrong, is altogether mistaken. The idea that the Gospel is a message that must appeal to men and women is all wrong. By nature people have always hated and rejected it. But in doing so, they do not realize that they are proving the truth of the Gospel and of our Lord’s prediction. The tragedy is that the world does not realize that in rejecting this message, it is rejecting the only thing that can save it.” (Page 7)

“To put it positively, the real failure is the inability to see that the essential problem of the human race is the problem of the heart.” (Page 250)

“So the way to test a profession of faith is the test of circumstances, trials, tribulations, troubles, or death staring you in the face.” (Page 124)

“But we must now go on to consider why it is that the world misunderstands and hates the Christian message. The answer can be put in one word. It is because this true message is supernatural.” (Page 71)

“Here we have a description of the first persecution that was ever endured by the Christian church, a persecution that arose because the authorities rejected the message of the Gospel.” (Page 6)