I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations.
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Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum.Vance Havner
I'm tired of hearing sin called sickness and alcoholism a disease. It is the only disease I know of that we're spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to spread.
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It's about time we quit playing church in these services that start at eleven o clock sharp and end at twelve o clock dull.
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The church is so subnormal that if it ever got back to the New Testament normal it would seem to people to be abnormal.
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
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