Carl Braaten quotes

Carl Braaten quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“A church without a missions or a mission without the church are both contradictions. Such things do exist, but only as pseudostructures”
-- Carl Braaten

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“The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.”
“I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.”
“I'm actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.”
“Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.”
“Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.”
“I am a person always full of contradictions... It was hard to choose whether to devote myself to revolution as a soldier or as a writer.”

Source : "Living legend: Ba Jin". www.newsgd.com. November 26, 2003.
“A church without a missions or a mission without the church are both contradictions. Such things do exist, but only as pseudostructures”
“You have to live the mission... love what you do.”
“Having a clear mission and making sure you know that mission and making sure that mission comes through the company is probably the most important thing you can do for both culture and values.”
“We are called with a special calling, and we have a special mission to perform.”

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