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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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.

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...