Christian Quotes
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars
Government is violence, Christianity is meekness, non-resistance, love. And, therefore, government cannot be Christian, and a man who wishes to be a Christian must not serve government.
I want to remain distinct and authentically Christian in whatever realm I'm in. That's really what my aim is, for people to see I truly treasure and value Jesus and His Word.
All music written by a Christian should be as integrated as everything else done by a Christian.
Both of them were very good and kind - the one who went to church and the one who didn't. And no doubt from them I learned to like both Christians and sinners equally well.
The born-again Christian sees life not as a blurred , confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful.
Because of Christ, even our catastrophes have purpose. God is preparing our character for the time when we will see Him face to face.
To be mistaken in believing that the Christian religion is true is no great loss to anyone; but how dreadful to be mistaken in believing it to be false!
On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
Without fear I can acknowledge that the authentic Christian tension is not between life and death, but between life and life.
The mullahs of the Islamic world and the mullahs of the Hindu world and the mullahs of the Christian world are all on the same side. And we are against them all.
I'm a Christian. I go to church when I can. I was raised Baptist. I went to a Lutheran school. I'm a nondenominational practicing Christian. I have a lot of faith.
As a Christian, instead of concentrating on how you feel, focus on what you know to be truth from the Word of God.
What does God require of us? Our part is to believe. Our work is to trust the Lord. His requirement is that we let go and let God.
Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places. Aggressive Christianity is the world's greatest need.
It is the great work of nature to transmute sunlight into life. So it is the great end of Christian living to transmute the light of truth into the fruits of holy living.
There are times in our Christian life when we cannot see beyond the next step and we have to trust God.
If you are a Christian, you are free to think that all these religions, even the queerest ones, contain at least some hint of the truth.
The Christian faith, I am proposing, should become (in the name of Jesus Christ) a welcome friend to other religions of the world, not a threat
Christianity does not involve the belief that all things were made for man. it does involve the belief that god loves man and for his sake became man and died.
As a Christian I take it for granted that human history will some day end; and I am offering Omniscience no advice as to the best date for that consummation.
Let us simplify our lives a little, let us make the changes necessary to focus on the simple, humble path of Christian discipleship.
The whole man is involved, the mind, the heart and the will, and a common cause of spiritual depression is the failure to realize that the Christian life is a whole life, a balanced life.
If you want to live the Christian life, you will have to realize that Someone Else has to be in control.
A good Christian cannot be a bad husband or father and, as this is equally true in everything, he who has the most piety will shine the most in all the relationships of life.
Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness.
Faith and works are necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our natural life as men; for faith is the soul of religion, and works the body.
I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.
Removing religious symbols from public places is not neutrality. On the contrary, it sends a highly negative message - that religion is something shameful, embarrassing, or at best strictly private.
If the polls are right, our Judeo-Christian heritage is no longer the foundation of our values. We have become a post-Christian society.
The certain mark by which a Christian community can be recognized is the preaching of the gospel in its purity.
Learn the lesson of your own pain--learn to seek God, not in any single event of past history, but in your own soul--in the constant verifications of experience, in the life of Christian love.
Hostility to religion is having an effect. In 1963, the number of Americans who said that they believed the Bible is literally true was 65%. Today, the number has dropped to 32%.
Judeo-Christian revelation is not the negative influence secularists proclaim it to be. Rather, it is the taproot of our civilization.
The Christian life is not limited to prayer, but requires an ongoing dedication and courage born of prayer.
Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don't have to chase 'key men' around if you know the Keeper of the keys!
God alone is perfectly and consistently just. We forget; God remembers. We see an action; God sees a motive. This qualifies Him as the best recordkeeper and judge.
After reading the doctrines of Plato, Socrates or Aristotle, we feel the specific difference between their words and Christ's is the difference between an inquiry and a revelation.
It is remarkable with what Christian fortitude and resignation we can bear the suffering of other folks.
We cannot believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it; nor that all Satan's lurking places have already been found out.
There's no bigger atheist than me. Well, I take that back. I'm a cancer screening away from going agnostic and a biopsy away from full-fledged Christian.
The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world.