Quotes About Christianity

There is no time limit, no statute of limitations. Sharing our lives with dear people to win them to Jesus is the substance of Christianity, the delightful work we've been commissioned to.

Herein lies the real place of Christian scholarship. Christian scholarship is the church's prodigious invention to defend itself against the Bible, to ensure that we can continue to be good Christians without the Bible coming too close. Oh, priceless scholarship, what would we do without you? Dreadful it is to fall into the hands of the living God. Yes, it is even dreadful to be alone with the New Testament.

I prayed a one-line prayer simply because my Christian labor had failed me and I had no idea what else to do (and I strongly advise against this prayer unless you are quite ready for God to take you seriously and wreck your life): "God, raise up in me a holy passion.

It doesn't take long to figure out that in the Christian subculture, the biggest criticism to throw at someone is to question their integrity as a believer.

I had done my best, and it wasn't good enough. I doubted, I pined, I prayed, and I was still me. I was a gay woman, inspired by Jesus in ways beyond my ability to communicate, who failed to live up to the expectations of all that a Christian was supposed to agree with, believe in, and reenact. I was certain I could no longer be the standard-bearer of an institutionalized religion, but I couldn't escape the fact that my faith seeped into my art.

In this season of growing darkness, I wonder how we as Christians choose to publicize the miracle we proclaim. If it is not leading to greater illumination—to a greater light—we might want to rethink how we're doing it. How can we name the miracle, not as a simple fix, but as an abiding truth?

Pero como aquí —observó Nucha, formulando sencillamente una observación histórico-filosófica de bastante alcance— no ve uno sino las atrocidades de los señores de otro tiempo... parece que son las únicas que le dan en qué pensar... ¿Por qué serán tan malos cristianos los hombres? —añadió entreabriendo los labios con cándido asombro.

What I can't stand are the judgmental hypocrites—people who talk a big Christian game yet don't even make a cursory attempt to follow the Golden Rule, let alone some of those pesky commandments

To be clear, I have no problem with religion or people who are religious, even those who are outspoken about their faith. What I can't stand are the judgmental hypocrites- people who talk a big Christian game yet don't even make a cursory attempt to follow the Golden Rule, let alone some of those pesky commandments.

Soon-Bok Kim closed her eyes, said rapid prayers in castellano, beat the steering wheel, begged God to save her and her stupid husband, said they would become better Christians.

The Jewish and particularly the Christian traditions have stressed the element of sin but have ignored the fact that it is the emancipation from the security of Paradise which is the basis for man's truly human development.

oui je précise et j'insiste: pourquoi l'Occident chrétien qui a une longue tradition d'intolérance, qui a toujours eu du mal à coexister avec "l'Autre" a-t-il su produire des sociétés respectueuse de la liberté d'expression, alors que le monde musulman, qui a longtemps pratiqué la coexistence, apparaît désormais comme une citadelle de fanatisme?

Si l'on faisait l'histoire comparée du monde chrétien et du monde musulman, on découvrirait d'un côté une religion longtemps intolérante, porteuse d'une évidente tentation totalitaire, mais qui s'est peu à peu muée en religion d'ouverture, de l'autre côté une religion porteuse d'une vocation d'ouverture, mais qui peu à peu dérivé vers des comportements intolérants et totalitaires.

Christianity's job, in the words of George Fox, is to live in the "power, life, light, seed and wisdom, by which we may take away the occasion of wars.

The spirit of the Gospels is the all inclusive love of Jesus, which jumps off the pages.

We need precise words for Jesus. Otherwise, Christian theology is built on a foundation of sand.

When it comes to his Divinity, Jesus is equal with God. When it comes to his humanity, Jesus is subordinate to God.

I adore a God who is beyond words yet contained in the word Jesus.

Jesus always existed. At the same time Jesus was begotten (made human). This is the perplexing and elusive mystic core of Christian faith.

Every Christian must refer always and everywhere to Scriptures for all his choices…not daring to take a step without being illuminated by the divine rays of those words.

For far too long Jesus has been the wedge that drives Christians and Jews apart. I suggest that we can also see him as a bridge between us.

A critically aware, historically informed study of Jesus in his Jewish context does more than provide benefits to Christians and Jews alike; it aids in preventing the anti-Semitism that tends to arise when the history is not known. The concern to recover Jesus's Jewishness is these days particularly urgent.

By seeing Jesus as a Jew with regard to both belief and practice, Christians can develop a deeper appreciation for the teachings of the church.

Christian missionaries who seek to bring Jews the "good news of Jesus" do not do so because they hate Jews; they do so because they love Jews. On the other hand, the message that Jews are not "complete" or "fulfilled" unless they accept Jesus as the Messiah is not likely to be received by most Jews with great warmth; it is tantamount to telling Christians that their religion is incomplete or erroneous without acceptance of the Qur'an. Thus,