Freedom was conditioned by man’s physical body, heredity, and environment. Kenneth Scott Latourette Read Quote
The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus – His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection. Kenneth Scott Latourette Read Quote
Religiously the Empire was pluralistic and marked by a search for a faith which would be satisfying intellectually and ethically and would give assurance of immortality. Kenneth Scott Latourette Read Quote
The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians. Kenneth Scott Latourette Read Quote
Christianity emerged from the religion of Israel. Or rather, it has as its background a persistent strain in that religion. To that strain Christians have looked back, and rightly, as the preparation in history for their faith. Kenneth Scott Latourette Read Quote
In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in fellowship with God Who so loved the world that He gave Himself in Christ. Kenneth Scott Latourette Read Quote
The most that one of Jewish faith can do – and some have gladly done it – is to say that Jesus was the greatest in the long succession of Jewish prophets. None can acknowledge that Jesus was the Messiah without becoming a Christian. Kenneth Scott Latourette Read Quote
We must, however, note that what are usually called the high religions made their appearance within about twenty-five hundred years – most of them within fifteen hundred years. Kenneth Scott Latourette Read Quote
Compared with the thousands of years in which human life has been on this planet, Christianity is a recent development. Kenneth Scott Latourette Read Quote
