Quotes About Christianity

William Cox declara: «Es por el éxito de la Primera Venida de nuestro Señor que los cristianos tienen una confianza tan grande mientras aguardan Su gloriosa aparición».

la idea de que un cristiano pueda operar y agradar a Dios apartado del resto del cuerpo de Cristo no solo es un concepto erróneo y orgulloso, sino una imposibilidad.

La iglesia ha pasado de ser la asamblea de los santos que adoran a Dios en Espíritu y en verdad, a ser una reunión social de cristianos nominales, que escuchan discursos motivacionales semanales acerca de cómo mantener una actitud positiva y cómo hacer lo correcto, esto les permite experimentar su mejor vida ahora.

Aprendemos que la salvación siempre ha sido solo por la fe en Cristo solamente. Un verdadero hijo de Dios no viene por nacimiento natural ni por circuncisión ni por obras, sino por la fe. Toda la Escritura apunta a una sola persona. Toda la Escritura se centra en Cristo Jesús.

Neither George Washington, nor Thomas Jefferson, nor Benjamin Franklin believed that Jesus was anything more than a divinely inspired and chosen human being—which is exactly what James and the earliest Christians believed.

In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be "perfect" men and women in at least this one way now—by offending not in word, or more positively put, by speaking with a new tongue, the tongue of angels. Our words, like our deeds, should be filled with faith and hope and charity, the three great Christian imperatives so desperately needed in the world today.

Repentance is not a foreboding word. It is, after faith, the most encouraging word in the Christian vocabulary. Repentance is simply the scriptural invitation for growth and improvement and progress and renewal. You can change! You can be anything you want to be in righteousness.

If it isn't also true for a poor single Christian mom in Haiti, it isn't true.

People may hate us because of Jesus, but they should never hate Jesus because of us. The way we treat others should lead them to only one conclusion: "If this is how Jesus loves, then I'm in.

Be kind. Be you. Love Jesus.

There will never be enough knowledge to fill the cracks of Christian maturity without the fruit of selfless service manifested in our lives.

The next generation is screaming, 'We can't find God in church! How does God work in the broken places? Why are Christians so mean and scared and defensive? Where is the 'good news' part?

In a culture that elevates beauty and style, the Christian community is at genuine risk fordistraction, even deception. What do we truly admire in our leaders? Are we nodifferent from secular population, drawn tocharisma and style above substance and i tegrity? I hope not.

You have no other responsibility than to represent Jesus well, which should leave that person feeling absurdly loved, welcomed, cherished.

People may hate us because of Jesus, but they should never hate Jesus because of us. The way we treat others should lead them to only one conclusion:

The Christian cliché "love the sinner, hate the sin" is problematic because it is always long on judgment and short on love. People sense that deeply; they understand when a relationship is fundamentally unsafe, precariously balanced on a scale of disapproval.

We've invented a thousand shades of gray, devising a comfortable Christian existence we can all live with—super awesome, except the Bible doesn't support it. According to Scripture, no real disciple serves God while addicted to the dollar. There

Why does so much Christianity smack of power and aggression when Jesus was humble and subversive?

The very comforts the American dream and American Christianity hold out to us are the same ones we must abandon without looking back, daring to trust that a Savior who had no place to lay His head might have the slightest idea what He was talking about. We must trust that He would never lead us astray,

If people around me aren't moved by my Christ or my church, then I must be doing a miserable job of representing them

Jesus is the best marker that exists, so let's raise Him high.

People in America are not ignorant of Christianity. They've heard the message, seen our churches on every corner, they flick by our Christian TV shows, they see our fish symbols on the backs of our cars. They've seen so much of pop Christian culture that they have a programmed response to us: Ignore, ignore, ignore. What's needed is a change of parameters—something that will alter their emotional response.

If people around me aren't moved by my Christ or my church, then I must be doing a miserable job of representing them both.

If the kingdom of God belongs to the poor, the bottom dwellers, then rich American Christians are going to have the hardest time finding it.