"God has not sent us into the world to say the most plausible things we can think of; to touch men with what they already believe. He has sent us to preach unpalatable truths to a world lying in wickedness; apparently absurd truths to men, proud of their intellects; mysterious truths to men who are carnal and cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God. Shall we despair? Certainly, if it is left to us not only to plant and to water but also to give the increase. Certainly not, if we appeal to and depend upon the Spirit of faith." — B.B. Warfield (from: Faith and Life: ‘Conferences’ in the Oratory of Princeton Seminary, 1916)
Posted by Eric T. Young in The Society of Old Princeton Theology
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