Roland H. Bainton Quotes

#1. When God in his sheer mercy and without any merit of mine has given me such unspeakable riches, shall I not then freely, joyously, wholeheartedly, unprompted do everything that I know will please him? I will give myself as a sort of Christ to my neighbor as Christ gave himself for me.

Roland H. Bainton

#2. Not through thoughts, wisdom, and will does the faith of Christ arise in us, but through an uncommon incomprehensible and hidden operation of the Spirit, which is given by faith in Christ only at the hearing of the Word and without any other work ours.

Roland H. Bainton

#3. Christianity, said Erasmus, has been made to consist not in loving one's neighbor but in abstaining from butter and cheese during Lent.

Roland H. Bainton

#4. We are the choice elected few
Let all the rest be damned
There is room enough in hell for you
We won't have heaven crammed!

Roland H. Bainton

#5. By dying for a conviction a man proves only that he is sincere, not that he is right.

Roland H. Bainton

#6. When Christianity takes itself seriously, it must either renounce or master the world.

Roland H. Bainton