Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes

You can't lie to God - it's ridiculous.

I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.

God comes first. Paradise is not cheap.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

But if there is a just God, there is ultimate justice.

What really matters is how God sees me. He isn't concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man's soul.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

I believe in justice, maybe not in this life, but there has to be justice. And if there isn't a God, I think it would be very depressing. I'd prefer to believe there is.

Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?

Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God.

God is concerned with nations, but nations also need to be concerned with God. No nation can have a monopoly on God, but God will bless any nation whose people seek and honor His will as revealed by Christ and declared through the Holy Spirit.

I come now to tell you for what I am brought here to die, and to give you an account of my faith, which I shall do as in the sight of the living God before whom I am shortly to stand.

To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness.

I definitely consider myself a Christian. There's things that I believe in, there's things I have a self-belief on. I know I got a great relationship with God and the universe. I just believe in being a righteous person and karma. Doing unto others as you would have done unto you. I really want to help teach that.

I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.

The Lord judgeth not as man judgeth; better to be cast out of the church than to deny Christ.

We are perfect. According to God, we are perfect, yet we know that we are sinners. We believe in the fact that we are both saints and sinners at the same time as we live in this world.

I think he would care if you were a good person, if indeed there is a god.

Everyone will be judged one day, but it's not up to me to judge somebody.

We must be cautious in claiming God is on our side. I think the real question we must answer is, are we on His side?

The faithful will be victorious over the sinners.

God is not satisfied with appearance. God wants the garment of justice. God wants his Christians dressed in love.

My sin is the black spot which my bad act makes, seen against the disk of the Sun of Righteousness. Hence religion and sin come and go together.

The bottom line is in heaven!

It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.