[A preacher’s] “power lies, therefore, in that objective world of truth and of being, over against which he stands as a finite and dependent subject. In simple and common phraseology, which so often, however, contains the highest philosophic truth, man’s strength is in God, and the mind’s strength is in truth” (Shedd, Homiletics and Pastoral Theology, p. 74).
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It’s hard for me to read this quote. I agree with it, with all my being, and I filled with a profound sense of strength while reading it. But there is a gulf between you and I, a palpable one with real consequences for both of us. For some reason, this makes me sad. I actually think we would get along, given time.