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D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit."

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation."

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.




D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "This historic Christian doctrine of the divinity of Christ does not simply mean that Jesus is like God. It is far more radical than that. It means that God is like Jesus."

This historic Christian doctrine of the divinity of Christ does not simply mean that Jesus is like God. It is far more radical than that. It means that God is like Jesus.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "No vital Christianity is possible unless at least three aspects of it are developed. These are the inner life of devotion, the outer life of service, and the intellectual life of rationality."

No vital Christianity is possible unless at least three aspects of it are developed. These are the inner life of devotion, the outer life of service, and the intellectual life of rationality.




D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet."

It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "Never trust a theologian who doesn't have a sense of humor."

Never trust a theologian who doesn't have a sense of humor.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "If the average church should suddenly take seriously the notion that every lay member man or woman is really a minister of Christ, we could have something like a revolution in a very short time."

If the average church should suddenly take seriously the notion that every lay member man or woman is really a minister of Christ, we could have something like a revolution in a very short time.




D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "At the profoundest depths in life, men talk not about God but with Him."

At the profoundest depths in life, men talk not about God but with Him.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it."

Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "The spoken word is never really effective unless it is backed up by a life, but it is also true that the living deed is never adequate without the support the spoken word can provide."

The spoken word is never really effective unless it is backed up by a life, but it is also true that the living deed is never adequate without the support the spoken word can provide.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced."

The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "The ultimate verification of our religion consists of the changed lives to which it can point and for which it is responsible."

The ultimate verification of our religion consists of the changed lives to which it can point and for which it is responsible.




D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "Religion is never devoid of emotion, any more than love is. It is not a defect of religion, but rather its glory, that it speaks always the language of feeling."

Religion is never devoid of emotion, any more than love is. It is not a defect of religion, but rather its glory, that it speaks always the language of feeling.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "Engineering is a predictive science, not a manipulative art."

Engineering is a predictive science, not a manipulative art.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "The only way to happiness is never to give happiness a thought."

The only way to happiness is never to give happiness a thought.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief."

We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "Deeply convinced of the reality of the divine will, he (Lincoln) had no patience at all with any who were perfectly sure they knew the details of the divine will."

Deeply convinced of the reality of the divine will, he (Lincoln) had no patience at all with any who were perfectly sure they knew the details of the divine will.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "Lincoln had entirely outgrown juvenile delight in religious argument. Talking with God seemed to the mature Lincoln more important than talking about Him."

Lincoln had entirely outgrown juvenile delight in religious argument. Talking with God seemed to the mature Lincoln more important than talking about Him.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "He (Lincoln) recognized the delicate balance between immanence and transcendence, refusing to settle for either of these alone. His was a God who was both in the world and above the world."

He (Lincoln) recognized the delicate balance between immanence and transcendence, refusing to settle for either of these alone. His was a God who was both in the world and above the world.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "He (Lincoln) was accustomed to hearing words, many of them boring, but he was not accustomed to group silence."

He (Lincoln) was accustomed to hearing words, many of them boring, but he was not accustomed to group silence.




D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "The Biblical language was so deeply embedded in the great man's mind that it became his normal way of speaking."

The Biblical language was so deeply embedded in the great man's mind that it became his normal way of speaking.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "Take all of this Book upon reason that you can, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man."

Take all of this Book upon reason that you can, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "Upon being given a Bible, President Abraham Lincoln replied, "In regard to this Great book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man."

Upon being given a Bible, President Abraham Lincoln replied, "In regard to this Great book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "A major element in Lincoln's greatness was the way in which he could hold a strong moral position without the usual accompaniment of self-righteousness."

A major element in Lincoln's greatness was the way in which he could hold a strong moral position without the usual accompaniment of self-righteousness.




D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "His (Lincoln's) patriotism was saved from idolatry by the overwhelming sense of the sovereignty of God."

His (Lincoln's) patriotism was saved from idolatry by the overwhelming sense of the sovereignty of God.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "He was too perplexed to please the conventional and too reverent. to please the infidels."

He was too perplexed to please the conventional and too reverent. to please the infidels.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "God, Lincoln believed, is seen more clearly events that in nature, though He maybe seen there also. It is a majestic thing, thought Lincoln, for a person to be RESPONSIBLE."

God, Lincoln believed, is seen more clearly events that in nature, though He maybe seen there also. It is a majestic thing, thought Lincoln, for a person to be RESPONSIBLE.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "It is most remarkable that Lincoln, when he saw so much that was vulnerable in the leadership of the Church, did not move to the opposite error and become a scoffer."

It is most remarkable that Lincoln, when he saw so much that was vulnerable in the leadership of the Church, did not move to the opposite error and become a scoffer.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "The question, he (Lincoln) said over and over, is not what a man's particular abilities may be, but what his rights are as a human being made in God's image."

The question, he (Lincoln) said over and over, is not what a man's particular abilities may be, but what his rights are as a human being made in God's image.



D. Elton Trueblood Quotes: "It is the vocation of the Christian in every generation to out-think all opposition."

It is the vocation of the Christian in every generation to out-think all opposition.