Stephen Nichols quotes

“Creeds are not straitjackets, but guardrails that keep us safe.”
-- Stephen Nichols

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“If you want a symbol of Roman power and strength look no further than the Praetorian or Imperial Guard. We could take this one step further. It was this world of Roman power into which Christ came, in which the Apostles ministered, in which the New Testament authors wrote, and in which Christianity came into being. And to all of those things, Rome stood opposed, violently opposed.”
-- Stephen Nichols

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“We are in need of a way out of our poverty of soul and the desperate state of our human condition. We find it in this child lying in a manger, who was and is Jesus Christ, the long-promised Messiah, Seed, Redeemer, and King.”
-- Stephen Nichols

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“Who is Jesus? The answer to that question is a matter of eternal life and eternal death.”
-- Stephen Nichols

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“People of the cross? A symbol of shame has become our confidence.”
-- Stephen Nichols

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“One thing we do well within evangelicalism is in thinking of Jesus as our friend. But He is also our King.”
-- Stephen Nichols

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“The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.”

“My family achieved success not in spite of, but because of the American system of taxation. After all, without reliable and safe roads there’d have been no Disneyland; without high functioning legal systems and a well regulated business environment there would have been no copyright protection for Mickey Mouse.”

“A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.”

Source : Adelbert von Chamisso (1845). “The Shadowless Man; Or, The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl”

“Mental health: having enough safe places in your mind for your thoughts to settle.”

“The multitude . . . have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide them. . . . It is not safe to trust to the virtue of any people.”

“When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world worked and about how safe I was.”

“Any theory, hypothesis, philosophy, sect, creed or institution that fears investigation, openly manifests its own error.”

Source : Andrew Jackson Davis (1847). “The Principles of Nature, Her Divine Revelations, and a Voice to Mankind”, p.21

“As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless.”

Source : Clarence Day, Jr. (2004). “This Simian World”, p.66, 1st World Publishing

“We have come to a place now where our search for Truth must no longer be for the rewards; it must no longer be our seeking a creed to follow, but it must be our living a life.”

Source : H. Emilie Cady (2016). “LESSONS IN TRUTH - A Course of Twelve Lessons in Practical Christianity: How to Enhance Your Confidence and Your Inner Power & How to Improve Your Spiritual Development”, p.6, e-artnow

“My creed is LOVE; Wherever its caravan turns along the way, That is my belief, My faith.”