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The New Testament preaches a Christ who was dead and is alive, not a Christ who was alive and is dead.

The New Testament preaches a Christ who was dead and is alive, not a Christ who was alive and is dead.

James Denney
Alive, Christ, New Testament
James Denney (1903). “The atonement and the modern mind”

In preaching you cannot produce at the same time the impression that you are clever and that Christ is wonderful.

James Denney
Clever, Church, Wonderful

The Kingdom of Heaven is not for the well-meaning: it is for the desperate.

James Denney
Heaven, Kingdoms, Desperate

No man can give at once the impressions that he himself is clever and that Jesus Christ is mighty to save.

James Denney
Jesus, Clever, Men
James Denney (1895). “Studies in Theology: Lectures Delivered in Chicago Theological Seminary”

The depravity which sin has produced in human nature extends to the whole of it. There is no part of man's nature which is unaffected by it. Man's nature is all of a piece, and what affects it at all affects it altogether

James Denney
Men, Pieces, Human Nature
James Denney (1895). “Studies in Theology: Lectures Delivered in Chicago Theological Seminary”

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