Reinhold Niebuhr Quotes About Judgment
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The prophet himself stands under the judgment which he preaches. If he does not know that, he is a false prophet.
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Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.
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If you equate God's judgment with your judgment, you have a wrong religion.
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One of the fundamental points about religious humility is you say you don't know about the ultimate judgment. It's beyond your judgment. And if you equate God's judgment with your judgment, you have a wrong religion.
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In the Old Testament, the God of the Prophets never was completely on Israel's side. There was a primitive national religion, but it was always a transcendent God who had judgment first in the House of God. This is the true religion. It has a sense of a transcendent majesty and a transcendent meaning so that that puts myself and the foe under the same judgment.
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