Quotes About Christianity

Too many people drag through the day with long faces. Some don't smile for months. Then they'll come up with those same sour faces after a service and say to me, "I've got the joy of the Lord." I'll think: You should notify your face!

Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. COLOSSIANS 3:23–24 NASB

When we are saved by grace, we do not leave behind the commandments of God. On the contrary, we find the power to keep them in love.

The Dajjal is sometimes said

salvation is from the Jews" (Jn 4:22). It is so critical for Christians to recognize the fact that the imagery of betrothal and marriage, the language of husband and wife, does not begin in the New Testament. It began with the Exodus

it should remain part of today's Gospel message as well.

We were under the law when we were under Moses. We came under grace when we came under Christ Jesus. But this grace cannot act except through our recognition and acceptance of it.

There's something not quite Christian about it," Tony said. He sat back in his chair and looked up to where his Bible sat on the shelf. "I can't put my finger on why exactly, but it doesn't seem right for a couple of young ladies to be out there in the middle of the night, obsessing over their telescopes.

U krš?anstvu doduše poznajemo kultnu anamnezu; no imamo li - barem u za?ecima - doista anamneti?ku kulturu koja kultski spomen muke povezuje s našim povijesnim iskustvima te tako sprje?ava da muka na koncu bude slavljena samo kao od povijesti udaljeni mit?

Govorom o anonimnome krš?anstvu Rahner je nastojao posredovati osje?aj za Božju širinu i za crkvenu usko?u.

Nije li u me?uvremenu krš?anstvo što dalje to više gubilo tu osjetljivost za situaciju? Ono više ne najavljuje, ne naviješta, ono još samo ponavlja ono što jest pa ga onda iritira vlastita mjerodavnost koja nema nikakvih posljedica.

O?evidno je da ne postoji nikakav smisao povijesti koji bi se dao spasiti le?ima okrenutim prema Auschwitzu niti postoji Bog kojemu se ?ovjek može klanjati le?a okrenutih prema Auschwitzu. Kao teološko-politi?ka katastrofa Auschwitz ne ostavlja pošte?enima niti krš?anstvo i njegovu teologiju niti društvo i njegovu politiku.

Nismo li možda tijekom vremena tuma?ili krš?anstvo suviše isklju?ivo kao religiju osjetljivu za grijeh te u skladu s tim premalo osjetljivu za trpljenje?

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.

Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences progress in even greater extent and depth, and the human mind widen itself as much as it desires: beyond the elevation and moral culture of Christianity, as it shines forth in the Gospels, it will not go.

The Christian life is a life that consists of following Jesus.

Life only works when Jesus is everything and we are fully submitted to Him.

The Christian life that is joyless is a discredit to God and a disgrace to itself.

Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.

The Crucifixion, Atonement, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ mark the beginning of a Christian Life, not the end of it.

Our life is a gymnasium of desire.... When Christians say "God," what do we wish to express? This word is all that we yearn for."

We're not called to perfection but to faithfulness. Sinlessness in this life isn't possible, but obedience unto godliness is. Sanctification.

Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but shares it with us, wanting us to have life and to have it in abundance.

Life is rarely easy, but, with Christ our King, it is always good.