Quotes by James Denney
James Denney (1856–1917) — Theologe · Presbyterianisch · Schottland
James Denney (1856–1917) war ein schottischer presbyterianischer Pfarrer und Theologieprofessor in Glasgow. Er stellte das stellvertretende Sühnopfer Christi ins Zentrum seiner Theologie und geriet dabei in Konflikt sowohl mit theologisch Liberalen als auch mit konservativen Vertretern einer strikten Verbalinspiration. Für heutige Bibelleser verbinden seine Auslegungen zum Tod Jesu eine anspruchsvolle Schrifterklärung mit dem praktischen Anliegen evangeliumszentrierter Verkündigung.
Era: The 20th Century
Recurring topics: Guilt & Forgiveness, Grace & Redemption, Witness & Mission, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, Humility & Pride, Ethical Questions, Relationships & Family, Church & Congregation
Quotes by James Denney
At the bottom, the gospel is not good advice, but good news.
James Denney
Every word spoken about a brother’s sin, that is not prompted by a Christian conscience, that does not vibrate with the love of a Christian heart is itself a sin against the mercy and the judgment of Christ.
James Denney
The judgment of the Church is the instrument of God’s love, and the moment it is accepted in the sinful soul it begins to work as a redemptive force.
James Denney
The books are shut now, but they will be opened then. The things we have done in the body will come back to us, whether good or bad. Every pious thought, and every thought of sin; every secret prayer, and every secret curse; every unknown deed of charity, and every hidden deed of selfishness: we see them all again; and though we have not remembered them for years, and perhaps have forgotten them altogether, we shall have to acknowledge that they are our own, and take them to ourselves.
James Denney
No one who saw Paul’s ministry and looked at a preacher like Paul could dream that the explanation lay in him. Not in an ugly little Jew without presence, without eloquence, without the means to bribe or to compel could the source of such courage, the cause of such transformation, be found. It must be sought not in him, but in God.
James Denney
It is natural…for us to trust in ourselves. It is so natural, and so confirmed by the habits of a lifetime, that no ordinary difficulties or perplexities avail to break us of it. It takes all God can do to root up our self-confidence. He must reduce us to despair; He must bring us to such an extremity that the one voice we have in our hearts, the one voice that cries to us wherever we look round for help, is death, death, death. It is out of this despair that the superhuman hope is born. It is out of this abject helplessness that the soul learns to look up with new trust to God… How do most of us attain to any faith in Providence? Is it not by proving, through numberless experiments, that it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps? Is it not by coming, again and again, to the limit of our resources, and being compelled to feel that unless there is a wisdom and a love at work on our behalf, immeasurably wiser and more benign than our own, life is a moral chaos?… Only desperation opens our eyes to God’s love.
James Denney
If there is any truth in Scripture at all, this is true – that those who stubbornly refuse to submit to the Gospel, and to love and obey Jesus Christ incur at the Last Advent an infinite and irreparable loss. They pass into a night on which no morning dawns.
James Denney
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