David Given Schwarm

Many modern preachers are far less concerned with preaching Christ and Him crucified than he is with his popularity with his congregation.

It is not the sanctuary that is in danger; it is civilization. It is not infallibility that may go down; it is personal rights. It is not the Eucharist that may pass away; it is freedom of conscience. It is not divine justice that may evaporate; it is the courts of human justice. It is…

What is discovered may be abused, but that does not mean the discovery was evil.

There has been no single influence that has done more to prevent man from finding God and rebuilding his character, has done more to lower the moral tone of society than the denial of personal guilt. The repudiation of man’s personal responsibility for his action is falsely justified in two ways: by assuming that man…

The very freedom which the sinner supposedly exercises in his self-indulgence is only another proof that he is ruled by the tyrant.

The lovely people rarely come to God; they take their moral tone from the society in which they live. Like the Pharisees in front of the temple, they believe themselves respectable citizens. Elegance is their test of virtues; to them, the moral is aesthetic, and the evil is ugly. Every move they make is dictated…