Quote

One of the noblest words in our language is grace, defined as unearned blessing. We live by grace far more than by anything else. Accordingly, I find that the one thing which I want to put into practice in my own life is the conscious and deliberate habit of finding someone to thank.

D. Elton Trueblood

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

D. Elton Trueblood
Age: 94 †
Born: 1900
Born: December 12
Died: 1994
Died: December 20
Author
Theologian
Someone
Blessing
Unearned
Anything
Conscious
Accordingly
Find
Habit
Noblest
Live
Grace
Deliberate
Thing
Practice
Thank
Life
Words
Defined
Language
Findings
Else
Finding

More quotes by D. Elton Trueblood

Image
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
Image
We need to be agnostics first and then there is some chance at arriving at a sensible system of belief.
D. Elton Trueblood
Image
Never trust a theologian who doesn't have a sense of humor.
D. Elton Trueblood
Image
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
D. Elton Trueblood
Image
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
Image
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
Image
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
Image
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
Image
Evangelism is not a professional job for a few trained men, but is instead the unrelenting responsibility of every person who belongs to the company of Jesus.
D. Elton Trueblood
Image
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
Image
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
Image
The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.
D. Elton Trueblood
Image
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