Quotes About Christianity

People want to hear a message that "appeal to some universal self-interest." Truth is unimportant as long as we "give them a spiritual high." Such a false gospel has generated a large group of readers consisting of those who consider themselves Christians but are not, and it is to these false converts that the businesses market their attractively packaged products.

One who begins to awaken from his spiritual stupor sees that it is better to be a Christian than to wallow in sin, and that it is better to be a believer than an unbeliever.

Christianity affirms an absolute exclusivity. There is only one way to salvation, and anyone who does not come through this way is excluded. The way to God and heaven is not a wide path but a narrow one. It is so narrow that salvation is possible only through one person, one message, one faith, and anyone who does not travel on this path is heading toward damnation, and endless conscious torment in hell.

Within the Christian worldview, Scripture is the sole and ultimate test for truth. God has given us a system of truth through the Scripture. Since the Bible is God's revelation, it can never be wrong on any issue that it addresses. A thorough knowledge and understanding of the Scripture, then, is our ultimate safeguard against satanic deception of every kind.

The Bible does not contrast between the native human abilities of the Christians and the non-Christians; rather, it makes a contrast between man's abilities and God's abilities – between human power and divine power, the wisdom of man and the wisdom of God. When these are pitted again each other, there is no contest, "For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.

Even the most sophisticated philosopher has no defense against the most uneducated and untrained Christian whose plain assertion of the gospel is empowered by the Holy Spirit. Although it is far better to be properly equipped, not by worldly professionalism but by a sound understanding and application of the faith, our overall success and progress is guaranteed by the divine promise.

The Christian faith is indestructible because our Father is greater than all. The church is invincible because Christ promises to build his church and that the forces of hell will not overcome it. Christianity is a permanent religion, and Christ's church a permanent institution.

Just because a person has been a Christian for many years does not mean that he is spiritually mature. Rather, due to his lack of initiative and negligence, he may need "someone to teach [him] the elementary truths of God's word all over again.

the Bible teaches that all non-Christians are foolish and futile, stupid and sinful. At best, their ideas are wise only according to human standards; that is, they appear to be wise only when they approve themselves, and when they judge themselves by their own stupid and sinful standards.

So the non-Christian argues against the Christian idea of God by using non-Christian definitions of love, evil, evidence, necessity, and other key terms. Then why not also argue against a non-Christian idea of God and leave us out of the debate altogether? The argument from the problem of evil is best used by non-Christians against non-Christians.

The will of the unregenerate man cannot assent to the gospel, but a person who has been regenerated by God has also been made willing to believe in Jesus Christ; God has changed his will.

people have trouble with the existence of evil not because it poses any logical challenge to Christianity, but because they are overwhelmed by the emotions that the topic generates, and these emotions disable the minimal level of judgment and intelligence that they normally exhibit.

Romans 8:7 says, "The sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.

Those who claim to be Christians often do not show more respect for God and concern for worshipers than the Jews in the day of Christ.

a person who considers any portion of Scripture as fallible or errant must reject the whole of Christianity. And accordingly, we can reject his claim to be a Christian.

There is no true Christian faith, no true commitment to Christ, without a rejection of religious diversity.

It would be wise for Christians to invest their time, energy, and money in pursuit of theological knowledge.

You are not a student who is struggling to remain a Christian on the side, but you are a Christian who happens to be a student at this time.

Many professing Christians are still focused on seeking wealth rather than knowledge about God, because they do not really believe that the fear of God and the word of God are worth more than gold.

We implicitly acknowledge an objective standard that defines what is good. As Christians, we believe that God had existed before all else, and that he is the creator of all that exists. We also know that he is a "good" God (Psalm 34:8), and therefore he is the one who defines what is good.

when the world produces works of art and music that are against the standards and the teachings of Christianity, that should be considered opposition against the existence and commission of the church.

Man needs Scripture to give him the necessary premises to truly know and to correctly reason about God and reality. The foundation of Christian sanctification consists of knowing the propositions in the Bible, and reasoning correctly with them.

The Bible is the ultimate authority of the Christian system; therefore, our first principle, our starting point, or the foundation of our thinking, is the Bible itself.

It is not clever to be an atheist; it is not clever to rebel against God; it is not clever to mock those who devote themselves to Christian theology; rather, "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8:36).