Quotes About Christianity

He is a Christian, and believes charity begins at home. And often it remains there.

Without Nebuchadnezzar's conquest and deportation, Judaism as we know it, and therefore Christianity and Islam in their turn, could never have come to be.

With respect to the question of life after death, I think it is wise for Christians to admit to some tentativeness about it (Eccles. 3: 18–22). The surest thing we can and should say is that we entrust ourselves to God in death as in life (Rom. 14: 7–9).

The goal of every married couple, indeed, every Christian home, should be to make Christ the Head, the Counselor and the Guide.

The Incarnation is the most stupendous event which ever can take place on earth; and after it and henceforth, I do not see how we can scruple at any miracle on the mere ground of its being unlikely to happen. — Blessed John Henry Newman

Christianity sees in the picture of Jesus as the Christ a human life in which all forms of anxiety are present but in which all forms of despair are absent.

It is not Christianity as a whole, but Calvinist Protestantism whose attitude towards nature contradicts almost completely the Buddhist attitude.

it is remarkable that among the emperors it was not the willful tyrants of the Nero type or the fanatical reactionaries of the Julian type that were a serious danger to Christianity but the righteous Stoics of the type of Marcus Aurelius. The reason for this is that the Stoic has a social and personal courage which is a real alternative to Christian courage.

O cristianismo academicizado, que não está constantemente conectado ao coração e coloca sua esperança no conhecimento e na habilidade, pode, na verdade, fazer estudantes perigosos. Ele os mune de conhecimento e habilidades poderosos, que podem fazê-los pensar que são mais maduros e piedosos do que na verdade são. Ele mune os alunos de armas de guerra espiritual que, se não usadas com humildade e graça, prejudicarão as pessoas que eles deveriam ajudar.

Having another Christian woman who was dealing with cancer, one I could talk to, had been a real help.

the development of a humble heart. In Lent, we are invited to look deeply inside, identify what is impeding our ability to follow Christ along the path of humility, and begin applying antidotes. Early church tradition is rich in the

Christian faith keeps reminding us that death is the doorway to eternal life,

One might say that Christianity's original answer to the question "What is the purpose of life?" was: the purpose of life is Sunday.

the loin girdle of truth the breastplate of righteousness shoes of the gospel of peace the shield-of faith the helmet of salvation the sword of the Spirit

A Christian who prays only when they feel like it may survive but they will never thrive. Their vast, innate potential will be stunted because grace needs a little space to take root between the cracks of a person's life.

we are qualified for Christian service by our praying not our preaching, by our desire to worship him and not our workload on his behalf, by knowing Jesus personally and not just by knowing a lot of interesting things about him. If you lose God's presence you lose everything, but if you know his presence you already have everything you will ever need.

Archbishop Justin Welby says, the Lord's Prayer is 'simple enough to be memorised by small children, and yet profound enough to sustain a whole lifetime of prayer'.6

To be a Christian is to live positively and not destructively, to make ugly things beautiful, and to make chaos meaningful.

Even worship is less important than Jesus. In fact, worship can become an idol in the church. Some Christians probably worship worship more than they worship Jesus. Some worship leaders probably worship worship-leading more than they worship Jesus. It was never meant to be an industry, a genre in Walmart, a karaoke show on Sunday. If you really want to lead worship, learn to wonder.

But Washington's long and faithful service stands in marked distinction from Jefferson's mere election. Washington actually served with great fidelity. We do not want to read anything into this other than what the facts tell us, and the facts are that George Washington's service as a vestryman is commensurate with the highest commitment to the Christianity proposed by the Anglican Church.

What are the facts of history? And do they matter? The importance of this study is more than historical. Establishing that George Washington was a Christian helps to substantiate the critical role that Christians and Christian principles played in the founding of our nation.

Washington could not have called on his men to be such authentic Christians, if he was not trying to be such a Christian as well.

In this present book, we are taking what Christian philosopher Gary Habermas, in another context, calls "the minimalist facts approach." We are only going to say what can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. We are not going to present a hagiography of George Washington, i.e., we will not make him into an ecclesiastical saint. But we do believe that his own words and actions show that he was a Christian and not an unbelieving Deist.

Receive the Body and Blood of Christ very frequently. The sight of a Christian's lips red with the Blood of Christ terrifies the enemy. He immediately recognizes the sign of his own ruin. He cannot stand the instrument of divine victory by which he was taken captive and cast down.