Collected writings of Clarence Edwin Flynn, first series : $b 1929 and earlierFlynn, Clarence Edwin
Religion
Collected writings of Clarence Edwin Flynn, first series : $b 1929 and earlier
Flynn, Clarence Edwin
American literature -- 20th century; Christian literature; Didactic literature
Christianity and Americanism (1920): “The perpetuity of the state
depends most largely upon the very things for which the Christian
religion stands.”
The Christian Program (1920): “[Realization of the Kingdom]
therefore depends upon the passing from one to another of its
master secret.”
Essay contributed to a symposium on “The Church and Young People” (1920):
“Unless [the church’s status in relation to youth] is improved,
the kingdom will become a victim of race suicide.”
The Message of an Empty Tomb (1920): “[Jesus’s] life had been a message of
life triumphant.”
The Laboratory Test (1921): “...the only way to appraise
[the Christian faith’s] real merits…”
The Nearness of Destiny (1921): “‛What you are to be you are
now becoming.’”
Children and the Church (1922): “...we should assume that every child
is...to be reared in its ways and teachings...until he wilfully
forsakes it.”
The Church’s Fourfold Program (1922): Evangelism, education,
social welfare, and finance
Newer Conceptions of Religion (1922): “We cannot alter the divine plan
of life and redemption, but we can make progress in our understanding
and use of it.”
The International Religion (1923): “As to whether God proposes to save
the many or the few, it would seem to favor the first answer.”
The Great Teacher (1925): Vital things, simple and plain,
and position clear
What Can We Believe? (1928): “One is made or unmade by his beliefs.”
The Christ of the Sea (1929): “He began at once promoting the kind of
thing the practical world calls impossible because it is right.”
The Comrade Perfect: An Appreciation (1929): “...life is not all that it
ought to be without the presence of the Personality which completes us.”
Four Addresses to Young People (1929): Christian service, communion
with God, spiritual and practical leaders, and the church’s purposes
What Is Happening to Religion? (1929): “Eminent scientists announcing
their faith in and support of religion are a growing company.”
LIFTING CHRISTIAN MINISTERS
Has the Day of Great Preachers Passed (1921): “The one standard by which
he is measured is the question of his ability as an exponent of the
Christian religion.”
The Heart Interest in Preaching (1922): “He has sensed the human side,
and seen what it is that makes the need for preaching.”
The Great Compulsion (1928): “That was the last peaceful day he ever saw,
for our peace is the price we pay for greatness.”
The Minister and His Reading (1928): “...the field with which the minister
needs to be familiar is unlimited because it touches all the others.”
Preaching to College Students (1928): “[The minister] is dealing with
adventurous minds whose one concern is truth.”
Some Problems of the Preacher (1928): “They have cost many a man his
usefulness, and limited that of many others.”
The Ambassador (1929): “It is a wonderful thing to be a minister,
because a minister is an ambassador of the Kingdom of God.”
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