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“If, when we compare two versions of a story, the second known to be a retelling of the first, and find that the second has more of a miraculous element, we may reasonably conclude we have legendary (or midrashic or whatever) embellishment. The tale has grown in the telling. This sort of comparison is common in extrabiblical research and no one holds that it cannot properly indicate legend formation there.”

Source: Beyond Born Again: Toward Evangelical Maturity

“Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.”

Firsts Religion Language Sacrifice Elements God Love Resolve Theological

Book:Short Studies on Great Subjects

Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects

“If there be not a religious element in the relations of men, such relations are miserable and doomed to ruin.”

Ifs Men Religion Religious Elements Relation Ruins Miserable Doomed

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“My fear is not that our great movement, known as the Methodists, will eventually cease to exist or one day die from the earth. My fear is that our people will become content to live without the fire, the power, the excitement, the supernatural element that makes us great.”

People Earth Religion Dies Known Christianity Fire Movement One Day Elements Cease Excitement Methodists Supernatural Elements

Author:John Wesley

“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.”

Men Religion Next Pleasure Gone Pride Proud Elements Competition Mere Comparison Be Proud Proud Man Pride And Humility Sin Of Pride

Book:Joyful Christian

Source: Joyful Christian