Charles R. Erdman > Quotes

“The sovereignty of God is absolute; yet it is never exercised in condemning men who ought to be saved, but rather, it has resulted in salvation of men who deserved to be lost.”
― Charles R. Erdman, The Epistle of Paul to the Romans: An Exposition

“This is therefore a time, not for unkindly criticism of fellow Christians, but for friendly conference; not for disputing over divergent views, but for united action; not for dogmatic assertion of prophetic programs, but for the humble acknowledgment that “we know in part;” not for idle dreaming, but for the immediate task of evangelizing a lost world. For such effort, no one truth is more inspiring, than that of the return of Christ. None other can make us sit more lightly by the things of time, none other is more familiar as a Scriptural motive to purity, holiness, patience, vigilance, love.”
― Charles R. Erdman, The Return Of Christ

“It is true that however men may differ among themselves as to individual character, as to outward circumstances, social or religious, when they appear at the bar of God, all are on equality, all are sinners, and as such, are deserving of punishment.”
― Charles R. Erdman

“He was a man of such modesty that he never mentioned his own name even when recording the stirring events in which he played so prominent a part.”
― Charles R. Erdman, The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition

“The true Christian is not a man who has merely submitted to certain rites, but one who has adopted these rites because he believes that they were established by his Lord and desires thus to express his love and devotion to him, seeking for praise "not of men, but of God.”
― Charles R. Erdman, The Epistle of Paul to the Romans: An Exposition

“[Commenting on Rom 9:1-5] The Christian church would never lack converts if all its members or even its ministers felt for their friends and fellow countrymen the deep concern expressed by the apostle Paul for his kinsmen the Jews.”
― Charles R. Erdman, The Epistle of Paul to the Romans: An Exposition