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Quote by Aiden Wilson Tozer

“Fundamentalism has stood aloof from the liberal in self-conscious superiority and has on its own part fallen into error, the error of textualism, which is simply orthodoxy without the Holy Ghost. Everywhere among conservatives we find persons who are Bible-taught but not Spirit-taught. They conceive truth to be something which they can grasp with the mind.”

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Aiden Wilson Tozer

Aiden Wilson Tozer was a Christian author and pastor renowned for his profound theological insights and spiritual writings. His works have had a significant impact on the Christian community, particularly in the areas of spirituality and Christian living. Born on April 21, 1897, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Tozer passed away on May 12, 1963. more

“The hiss of the quenched element, the breakage of the pitcher which I had flung from my hand when I had emptied it, and, above all, the splash of the shower-bath I had liberally bestowed, roused Mr Rochester at last though it was dark, I knew he was awake; because I heard him fulminating strange anathemas at finding himself lying in a pool of water. 'Is there a flood?' he cried”

Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war...”

Has Beens Said War Authority Bases

Author:Clare Short

“I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene”

Want Feels Ignorance Surround Mist Lament Liberal Education

Book:David McCullough Library E-book Box Set: 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, John Adams, The Johnstown Flood, Mornings on Horseback, Path Between the Seas, Truman, The Course of Human Events

Source: David McCullough Library E-book Box Set: 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, John Adams, The Johnstown Flood, Mornings on Horseback, Path Between the Seas, Truman, The Course of Human Events

“When sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal, they will say I have let them down.”

Ifs Sometimes Turns Behinds Profound Observation Tyrants

Author:Emile Zola

“If the court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, is that a 'liberal' result enabling gay couples married in states where gay marriage is legal to enjoy the same economic advantages that federal laws now grant to straight couples? Or is it a 'conservative' ruling, limiting the federal government's ability to override state power?”