Carl F. H. Henry Quotes & Sayings

You know a constellation of imperishable values. Live by the mighty truth and power of God. Live above the sludge of a sick society. Live among dispirited humans as the vanguard of peace and good news. Remember, our Commander in Chief has no use for tin soldiers. — Carl F. H. Henry

We Americans are not God's covenant people. America has, in any event, no biblical guarantee of perpetuity. — Carl F. H. Henry

The whole secret of abundant living can be summed up on this sentence: 'Not your responsibility but your response to God's ability'. — Carl F. H. Henry

The surest way to lose democracy is to take it for granted. Every citizen must contribute to its advancement in some way. No nation or culture can long survive the absence of transcendent values and absolutes. — Carl F. H. Henry

The gospel is good news only if it arrives in time. — Carl F. H. Henry

The evangelical task primarily is the preaching of the Gospel, in the interest of individual regeneration by the supernatural grace of God, in such a way that divine redemption can be recognized as the best solution of our problems, individual and social — Carl F. H. Henry

Whoever lacks the initiative to read books stifles his own selfhood, — Carl F. H. Henry

Evangelical agencies with ready funding may have too little depth and vision to cope with the current conflict. God's kingdom is built not on perpetual motion, one-liners, and flashbulbs but on Christ. — Carl F. H. Henry

Secularism denounces supernaturalism and promotes a nonreligious or antireligious basis of social organization and morality. — Carl F. H. Henry

A Christianity without a passion to turn the world upside down is not reflective of apostolic Christianity — Carl F. H. Henry

Can anyone be arrogant when he stands beside the cross? — Carl F. H. Henry

Jesus Christ turns life right-side-up, and heaven outside-in. — Carl F. H. Henry

Our generation is lost to the truth of God, to the reality of divine revelation, to the content of God's will, to the power of His redemption, and to the authority of His Word. For this loss it is paying dearly in a swift relapse into paganism. — Carl F. H. Henry

We must confront the world now with an ethics to make it tremble, and with a dynamic to give it hope — Carl F. H. Henry