-- both to life and thought is in fact a very proper plea, if for no other reason than that it claims for itself such relevance; but to establish some concept of «relevance» as the criterion of Christian belief is a sad mistake. (religion-online.org)
It was nothing but a series of outworn clichés, showing that he had failed entirely to keep himself alert to new ways in which the old truth may be said; while he also made the sad mistake of assuming that whatever seemed to him interesting or significant constituted in itself the gospel which he had been ordained to preach. (religion-online.org)