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Carl F. H. Henry was a prominent American theologian, writer, and public intellectual whose works and lectures had a profound impact on Christian thought in the second half of the 20th century.

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“We Americans are not God's covenant people. America has, in any event, no biblical guarantee of perpetuity.”

People America Events Guarantees Biblical Covenant

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“Whoever lacks the initiative to read books stifles his own selfhood.”

Book Initiative

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“The early church didn’t say, ‘Look what the world is coming to!’ They said, ‘Look what has come into the world’!”

World Looks Said Church Views Christianity History They Said Worldview Viewpoints

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“Secularism denounces supernaturalism and promotes a nonreligious or antireligious basis of social organization and morality.”

Christian Social Religious Morality Organization Bases Secularism Social Organization

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“Our generation is lost to the truth of God, to the reality of divine revelation, to the content of God's will, to the power of His redemption, and to the authority of His Word. For this loss it is paying dearly in a swift relapse into paganism.”

Reality Christian Lost Religious Loss Generations Divine Authority Gods Will Redemption Revelations Paganism Our Generation Truth Of God Relapse Divine Revelation His Loss

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“Can anyone be arrogant when he stands beside the cross?”

Crosses Arrogant

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“We must confront the world now with an ethics to make it tremble, and with a dynamic to give it hope”

World Giving Ethics

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“The gospel is good news only if it arrives in time.”

Ifs News Good News

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“The whole secret of abundant living can be summed up on this sentence: 'Not your responsibility but your response to God's ability'.”

Whole Ability Secret Responsibility Response Sentences

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“The surest way to lose democracy is to take it for granted. Every citizen must contribute to its advancement in some way. No nation or culture can long survive the absence of transcendent values and absolutes.”

Way Long Values Culture Nations Loses Democracy Citizens Absolutes Absence Granted Advancement Transcendent

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“You know a constellation of imperishable values. Live by the mighty truth and power of God. Live above the sludge of a sick society. Live among dispirited humans as the vanguard of peace and good news. Remember, our Commander in Chief has no use for tin soldiers.”

Knows Humans Use Remember Values News Sick Soldier Chiefs Live By Good News Commanders Constellations Power Of God Tin Commander In Chief Vanguard Sick Society

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“Evangelical agencies with ready funding may have too little depth and vision to cope with the current conflict. God's kingdom is built not on perpetual motion, one-liners, and flashbulbs but on Christ.”

May Littles Christ Wealth Vision Ready Conflict Built Depth Currents Kingdoms Agency Perpetual Funding Evangelical One Liner Perpetual Motion

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time.”

“A Christianity without a passion to turn the world upside down is not reflective of apostolic Christianity”

World Turns Passion Christianity Upside Down Apostolic World Upside Down

Book:The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism

Source: The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism

“The evangelical task primarily is the preaching of the Gospel, in the interest of individual regeneration by the supernatural grace of God, in such a way that divine redemption can be recognized as the best solution of our problems, individual and social”

Way Problem Individual Social Interest Grace Divine Solutions Tasks Redemption Preaching Grace Of God Evangelical Regeneration

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

“Jesus Christ turns life right-side-up, and heaven outside-in.”

Turns Jesus Heaven Sides Christ Jesus Christ

Author:Carl F. H. Henry

About the Author

Born: January 22, 1913
Died: December 7, 2003
Known for: Author
Quotes: 16

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