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A reduced Christ is the same as a rejected Christ.

E. Stanley Jones

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E. Stanley Jones
Age: 89 †
Born: 1884
Born: January 3
Died: 1973
Died: January 25
Missionary
Theologian
Baltimore
Maryland
Eli Stanley Jones
Christ
Reduced
Rejected

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A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is -- a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves.
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The opponent strikes you on your cheek, and you strike him on the heart by your amazing spiritual audacity in turning the other cheek. You wrest the offensive from him by refusing to take his weapons, by keeping your own, and by striking him in his conscience from a higher level. He hits you physically, and you hit him spiritually.
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The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions and the reactions are just as important as the actions.
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I have surrendered to God therefore I surrender to nothing else.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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Be so preoccupied with good will that you haven't room for ill will.
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If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be.
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A nail-pierced hand holds the sceptre of the universe, and my knees bend before him.
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Grace is free, but when once you take it, you are bound forever to the Giver and bound to catch the spirit of the Giver.
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To implant fear in the minds of children is a crime. If parents try to rule the child by fear, then fear rules the child.
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To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe.
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