Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'. You don't get it through the blood stream, through heredity. Your parents can give you much, but they cannot give you this.

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We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us....

We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us....

At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be...

At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be...

Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may...

Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

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.

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...

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...

God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature - the urge to...

God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature - the urge to...

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....

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...

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.

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,...

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...

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...