We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but these mistakes need not be sins.

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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'....

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.

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,...

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...

Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so...

Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so...

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...

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.