“Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
“The chief danger of the 20th century will be religion without the Holy Spirit, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.”
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John Dyer (1699–1757) Welsh cleric, poet and painter
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 88.
“Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell.”
Frank Borman (1928) NASA astronaut
The Growing Bankruptcy Brigade, TIME magazine (18 October 1982) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,949605,00.html
“Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without Hell.”
Kyle Bass (1969) businessperson
BBC HARDTalk interview, 15 November 2011.
Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) English Puritan
Source: Quotes from secondary sources, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, 1895, P. 230.
Joseph Smith, Jr. book Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 160 (2 July 1839)
1830s
Context: Salvation cannot come without revelation; it is in vain for anyone to minister without it. No man is a minister of Jesus Christ without being a Prophet. No man can be a minister of Jesus Christ except he has the testimony of Jesus; and this is the spirit of prophecy.
H. Richard Niebuhr (1894–1962) American theologian
Source: The Kingdom of God in America
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
Humanity
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
Context: Much advance publicity was made for the address the Master would deliver on The Destruction of the World and a large crowd gathered at the monastery grounds to hear him.
The address was over in less than a minute. All he said was:
"These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness."
William Arthur (minister) (1819–1901) Wesleyan Methodist minister and author
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 322.