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Billy Sunday on Sin

Posted by Steve Published in Quotable

I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I’ve got a foot, and I’ll fight it as long as I’ve got a fist. I’ll butt it as long as I’ve got a head. I’ll bite it as long as I’ve got a tooth. And when I’m old and fistless and footless and tootheless, I’ll gum it till I go home to Glory and it goes home to perdition!

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Mark Cooke said in June 9th, 2010 at 9:37 am

Sort of the Todd Bentley of his day.

Mark Z said in June 9th, 2010 at 9:37 am

Well, that’s not a ringing endorsement!

Steve said in June 9th, 2010 at 9:38 am

@Mark Cooke – except for the lying, false gospel, infidelity, questionable handling of finances, yeah, I guess there may be a similarity.

James said in June 9th, 2010 at 9:39 am

@Mark Cooke, I don’t really understand what you’re saying. There are a few similarities in style of populist rhetoric, but populist rhetoric is also an art, and I don’t believe Bentley even approaches Sunday. Though I could be wrong, I’ve never scrutinized Bentley’s language. We tend to read the history of Sunday in the light of his contemporary critics who despised his “low” choice of language, but if one re-reads his sermons today and his critics’ remarks, those remarks end up sounding rather appalingly elitist.