Bergen Evans Quotes

The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical. . . . Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit has for that moment betrayed humanity.

Bergen Evans

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• I would describe my sound as classic Motown.

  

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• Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.

  

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• Falsehood is a perennial spring.

  

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• Men tend to put all their emotional eggs in the basket of their wives (or womenfriends), it is difficult for a man to communicate feelings of disappointment to his wife because, if she withdraws, it feels to him like his entire emotional support system has collapsed.

  

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• I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God's Word against my conscience, nor would do this day, if all that is in earth, whether it be honor, pleasure, or riches, might be given me.

  

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• The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical. . . . Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit has for that moment betrayed humanity.

  

  Bergen Evans
  • Humanity
  • Spirit
  • Obligation