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E. Stanley Jones

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E. Stanley Jones's background may be a mystery, but their perspective is crystal clear. Their thinking spans from Power to Intelligence, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Discover 11 of E. Stanley Jones's most memorable quotes, ranging across Power, Intelligence, Religion, Relationship, and Home. As E. Stanley Jones put it: "Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian."

“Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.”

— E. Stanley Jones

Freedom

All Quotes by E. Stanley Jones

“Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.”

— E. Stanley Jones

Intelligence

“Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.”

— E. Stanley Jones

Religion

“Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.”

— E. Stanley Jones

Freedom

“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

God

“Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.”

— E. Stanley Jones

Home

“Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties God has given us - an exercise that links these faculties with the Maker to work out the intentions He had in mind in their creation.”

— E. Stanley Jones

Easter

“If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be.”

— E. Stanley Jones

Power

“Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.”

— E. Stanley Jones

Power

“Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention.”

— E. Stanley Jones

Good

“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 Jones

Relationship