Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.
William Barclay
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- The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way.
- There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.
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- Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.
- Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.