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441 Ministry to the Cities, p. 129.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… Strongest Argument for Christianity.— The truth expressed in living, unselfish deeds is the strongest argument for Christianity. Relieving the sick and …
442 Ministry to the Cities, p. 193.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… strong arguments are the words of the Old and the New Testaments. He does not seek for words that would merely impress the people with his learning, but he endeavors …
443 Pastoral Ministry, p. 22.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… man's arguments, any man's theories. This has been done by ministers to the injury of their experience, and it has left them novices when they should be wise …
444 Pastoral Ministry, p. 30 (Ellen Gould White)
Doctrinal Argumentation
445 Pastoral Ministry, p. 30.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… of argumentation as the drunk is on drink —Debating ministers are the most unreliable among us, because they cannot be depended upon when the work goes hard …
446 Pastoral Ministry, p. 31.1 (Ellen Gould White)
argumentative subjects when their own soul needs practical godliness.— Manuscript Releases 15:23 .
447 Pastoral Ministry, p. 41.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… the arguments and suggestions of such advisers, it would be well for us each to inquire, “Should I, who am a Christian, a child of God; one called to be the light of …
448 Pastoral Ministry, p. 125.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… wholly argumentative. There are souls who listen to the theory of the truth and are impressed with the evidences brought out, and then if a portion of the discourse …
449 Pastoral Ministry, p. 135.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… , forcible arguments, and they think you understand the Scriptures. When once the confidence of the people is gained, then it is time enough to introduce publicly …
450 Pastoral Ministry, p. 189.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… the arguments which are prepared in pamphlets and books, and which others have labored earnestly to search out; but they are not willing to tax their minds …
451 Pastoral Ministry, p. 197.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… wholly argumentative. There are those who listen to the theory of the truth, and are impressed with the evidences brought out; then, if Christ is presented …
452 Pastoral Ministry, p. 269.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… and arguments —Wherever severity, harshness, and want of affection and love are exhibited in the sacred circle of the home, there will most assuredly be a failure …
453 Pastoral Ministry, p. 269.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… convincing argument. Satan is therefore constantly at work to prevent this harmony and union, that in witnessing the bickerings, strifes, and dissension …
454 Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 23.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… formal argument on the question. He says ( 1 Corinthians 12:1 ), “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant”—so important did he deem …
455 Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 40.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… the arguments and entreaties of the loyal angels, he denounced them as deluded slaves. The preference shown to Christ he declared an act of injustice both …
456 Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 41.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… subtle arguments concerning the purposes of God. Everything that was simple he shrouded in mystery, and by artful perversion cast doubt upon the plainest …
457 Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 70.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… mighty argument to all created intelligences that the law is changeless; that God is righteous, merciful, and self-denying; and that infinite justice and …
458 Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 144.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… powerful argument in favor of the reality of the Christian religion—an argument that the infidel cannot gainsay. All can see that there is an influence at …
459 Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 245.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… his arguments or change his purpose, yet for the time his firmness was tolerated on account of his high position and the favor with which he was regarded by …
460 Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 409.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… the argument drawn from the death penalty applies to the third, the fifth, and indeed to nearly all the ten precepts, equally with the fourth. Though God may …