Gerald Vann Born : 1906 Died : July 14, 1963 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Gerald Vann Worship is not part of the Christian life, it is the Christian life Gerald Vann christian-life worship christian Nothing is more depressing and more illogical than aggressive Christianity. Gerald Vann aggressive depressing christianity The person who knows a great deal about things but has never learnt to see, tends to be assertive; those who have once lost their hearts to a blade of grass or a glowworm and sensed God's omnipresence within them are at least on the road to reverence. Gerald Vann blades grass heart How terrible when people are led to believe, or left to believe, that once they are in love they have nothing to do but live happily ever after, they have nothing further to learn. Gerald Vann love believe people If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth. Gerald Vann church truth long To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope. Gerald Vann responsibility helping Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud. Gerald Vann prayer mean thinking If you see things as in eternity, you are less a prey to the pain of their passing, and so you can learn the more easily not to clutch at them as they pass... you learn to be reverent and not proudly possessive. Gerald Vann pain inspiration faith
