Amber Gabriel’s Reviews > The Living Faith > Status Update

"One of the first obligations of the Christian, who hopes to be of some influence and helpfulness to his own generation, is to consider himself a part of it. He cannot do much as a mere bystander, obviously belonging to some other age, either in his mood or mental attitude."

"'Nevertheless' is a very important word in the vocabulary of heroism... It's a word that carries the [taste] of high adventure; reckless valor; and the faith that overcomes the world."

"How frequently is it the case that each Sabbath Day finds the same people waiting into the [healing] pool [of Bethesda] who have been going there weekly, throughout their lives, passing on their way scores who have no notion of its benefits!"
It will take me a while to read this collection of sermons, but Douglas's Magnificent Obsession had a great impact on me as a teen, though I don't agree with all his theology.