A Quote by Hugh Price Hughes

The minister's task is not to coddle the saints but to collar the sinners.

Hugh Price Hughes

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Collar Minister Saints Sinners Task

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Hugh Price Hughes
February 9, 1847 - November 17, 1902

Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group: I think he preferred their company. Because the sinners were honest about themselves and had no pretense, Jesus could deal with them. In contrast, the saints put on airs, judged him, and sought to catch him in a moral trap. In the end it was the saints, not the sinners, who arrested Jesus.

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