Quotes by : Thomas C. Oden

Faith is not a meritorious cause of election, but it is constantly attested as the sole condition of....

early modern Christianity is often portrayed as an essentially European religion. This is regrettable....

Faith itself is an act of human willing enabled and disciplined by grace.

Before whom am I guilty? Myself and my gods. But before God? I would be guilty before God IF God had....

The confessor can nullify the exquisitely seasonable moment of confession by talking instead of listening.....

The heart of the difference between cheap-grace doctrines of guilt-free existence and the Christian gospel....

There are many who occasionally attend church and who are trying experimentally to be Christians, yet....

The Spirit of God draws or leads the sinner from one phase to another, gradually, in proportion as one....

Protestants at one time were confident that their free form of confession was a vast improvement upon....

It is a fanatical notion that we interfere with the Holy Spirit if we make any preparation for prayer.....