Augustus Hopkins Strong famous quotes

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Sin is lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition, or state
-- Augustus Hopkins Strong

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It may be doubted whether any repentance is genuine which is not repentance for sin rather than sins
-- Augustus Hopkins Strong

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In opposition to the plenary ability taught by the Pelagians, the gracious ability of the Arminians, and the natural ability of the New School theologians, the Scriptures declare the total inability of the sinner to turn himself to God or to do that which is truly good in God's sight
-- Augustus Hopkins Strong

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Since Christ is the Word of God and the Truth of God, he may be received even by those who have not heard of his manifestation in the flesh... We have, therefore. the hope that even among the heathen there may be some, like Socrates, who, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit working through the truth of nature and conscience, have found the way of life and salvation.
-- Augustus Hopkins Strong

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The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of 'The Reasonable Man'.
The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely, that Parliament thus defined has, under the English constitution, the right to make or unmake any law whatever; and, further, that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament.
Law that shocks equity is reason's murderer.
There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.
After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon law at that time still permitted.
This sense of wonder leads most scientists to a Superior Being - der Alte, the Old One, as Einstein affectionately called the Deity - a Superior Intelligence, the Lord of all Creation and Natural Law.
Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
Money has no moral opinions.
If the present civilisation does not acquire some stable moral fondations ("bases morales stables", Fr.), its existence will hardly be more assured than that of the civilisations that have preceeded it, and which have fallen (or collapse, or failed
The marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading "Keep Off.

Augustus Hopkins Strong famous quotes

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