God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature - the urge to love and be loved - must reveal His nature in an incredible and impossible way. He must reveal it at a cross.

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If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then...

If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then...

Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'....

Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'....

When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.

When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.

In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor...

In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor...

Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest...

Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest...

In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better...

In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better...

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.

Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.

Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within....

Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within....

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.

Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.

Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.

When we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think...

When we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think...

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.

Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.

Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.

To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic...

To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic...

Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the...

Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the...

The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living...

The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living...

Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God,...

Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God,...

Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first,...

Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first,...

You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You...

You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You...