Charles H. Kraft Quotes

Converting cannot leave certain American values unchanged. For although God is willing to start where Americans are, he is not content if we continue to be crippled by simply continuing in our commitment to the values in which we have been trained.

Charles H. Kraft

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• Values
• Americans
• Converting

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• Converting cannot leave certain American values unchanged. For although God is willing to start where Americans are, he is not content if we continue to be crippled by simply continuing in our commitment to the values in which we have been trained.

  

  Charles H. Kraft
  • God
  • Values
  • Americans