Sovereign Grace Baptists

Famous quotes containing the words sovereign, grace and/or baptists:

“The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)

“If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.”
—William James (1842–1910)

“[T]he Congregational minister in a neighboring town definitely stated that ‘the same spirit which drove the herd of swine into the sea drove the Baptists into the water, and that they were hurried along by the devil until the rite was performed.’”
—For the State of Vermont, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)