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“In its essence the Gospel is a call to make the experiment of comradeship, the experiment of fellowship, the experiment of trusting the heart of things, throwing self-care to the winds, in the sure and certain faith that you will not be deserted, forsaken nor betrayed, and that your ultimate interests are perfectly secure in the hands of the Great Companion. This insight is the center, the kernel, the growing point of the Christian religion, which, when we have it, all else is secure, and when we have it not, all else is precarious.”

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L. P. Jacks, a British philosopher born on October 9, 1860, and died on February 17, 1955. His philosophical thoughts mainly revolve around ethics and religious philosophy, which have had a profound impact on later generations. more

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