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Quotes by Carl F.H. Henry

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The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time.

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The transformation of the bloodstained wooden cross of Calvary to the diamond-studded gold cross of a cathedral may well signify man’s attempt to remove the offense of the cross.

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Whoever only speaks of God, but never or seldom to God, easily leases body and soul to idols.  The Christian thus places his whole future in jeopardy by a stunted prayer life.

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How can anyone be arrogant when he stands beside the cross?

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5

Numerical bigness has become an infectious epidemic

Quoted in: God-Given Growth by Mark Dever, Tabletalk, October 2007, p. 10. Used by Permission of Ligonier Ministries.

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The early Christians did not say “look what the world is coming to!” but “look what has come into the world!”

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The three years of Jesus’ public ministry have stimulated more comment and literature across nineteen centuries than any other comparable segment of human history.

A Plea for Evangelical Demonstration, Baker, 1971, p. 55.

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About Henry, Carl F.H.

Carl F. H. Henry (1913-2003) was a Christian theologian and the first Dean of Fuller Theological Seminary in 1947. He was also the founder of the magazine Christianity Today in 1956. His magnum opus is his six-volume God, Revelation, and Authority (completed in 1983), which has perhaps the fullest exposition of the doctrine of biblical inerrancy.