If Christianity were only a development, then Christ was no… - Herrick Johnson

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If Christianity were only a development, then Christ was not needed. If Christianity were only a scheme of morals, then the Divine incarnation was a thing superfluous.

Herrick Johnson

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Herrick Johnson (September 21, 1832 – November 20, 1913) was an American Presbyterian clergyman and author.

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If God is a reality, and the soul is a reality, and you are an immortal being, what are you doing with your Bible shut?

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It is not simply a theological treatise, a code of laws, a religious homily, but the Bible — the book — while the only book for the soul, the best book for the mind.

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