First, comes the destruction of false ideas--a bracing time for the born fighter; second, comes the tentative search for new ideas--an anxious time for the responsible philosopher; third, comes the preaching of these new ideas with passion--the opportunity of the enthusiast.
Happy were the divines of the seventeenth century! We, however, are in the second stage.
This is not a period for new ideas: it is a period of searching for the best idea.

He who rushes forward with an untried new idea may be more dangerous than he who still clings, in the Name of Christ, to an old idea which is false.

We must be quite certain of our ground before we advance with boldness, and our boldness must be spiritual, not muscular.
Modernism has fought and won the battle of verbal inspiration.

No man whose opinion counts in the least degree now holds that the Bible was verbally inspired by God.

It is respected, honoured, loved; but it is no longer a fetish.