Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus. E. Stanley Jones character stand admiration Change image and share on social
In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action - you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things. E. Stanley Jones movement action attach share on social
Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character. E. Stanley Jones ideal stand jesus share on social
When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian. E. Stanley Jones christian holy reaction Change image and share on social
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 mistakes. E. Stanley Jones guilt victorious mistake share on social
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. E. Stanley Jones grapple sin limit Change image and share on social
In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are. E. Stanley Jones desire church respectability Change image and share on social
