The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living does not mean perfect living in the sense of living without flaw, but it does mean adequate living, and that can be consistent with many…

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

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

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'....

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,...

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....

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.

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...

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...

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...

The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions...

The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions...

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....

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,...

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.