To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fa… — E. Stanley Jones

To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe.

E. Stanley JonesTheologian · American

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The reason why the Son of God took upon him our nature, was, the fall of our first parents. — George Whitefield
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away. — Matthew Arnold
Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes. — E. Stanley Jones
At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption. — E. Stanley Jones
In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are. — E. Stanley Jones