First of all, you ask me if the God of Christians forgives one who doesn't believe and doesn't seek the faith. Premise… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Outlaws surround themselves with outlaws. Christians surround themselves with Christians. It’s hard to step away from that.” She looked out over the… — Renee Ryan Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I've learned in the last 18+ years of interacting with over 60,000 people during my vegan lecture tour,… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
... these three witnesses are one, as John said: 'The water, the blood, and the Spirit' (I Jn. 5:8). One in the… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
Put yourself in the position of a person, sort of an ordinary American, "I'm a hard-working, god-fearing Christian. I take care of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal… Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Nirvana is something within you. It is not an external reality. No god thunders down from the mountaintop. Just as the great… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Our level of appreciation shows in how we treat our husband. If he’s first in our minds, he’ll be first in our… — Ngina Otiende Copy Share Image
In the resurrection there is already wrapped up a judging-process, at least for believers: the raising act in their case, together with… — Geerhardus Vos Copy Share Image
“I turn and gaze at him midway. Chin up Steele, I chide myself. “Oh... by the way, I’m wearing your underwear.” I… — E.L. James Copy Share Image
One can take eternity and time to be predicates of God since, being the Ancient of Days, He is the cause of… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
I had many wonderful experiences, received beautiful letters, and my Christian books received substantive and thoughtful reviews. But there was always argument,… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
When God's people are removed from this earth, you might as well try to dam up Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
The distortions and insults about organized religion will continue unabated as long as our popular culture continues its overall campaign against judgment… — Michael Medved Copy Share Image
“It is so very sad to find a worldly Christian who is sure—according to him or her—of that security that the faith… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Both in thy private sessions, and the universal assizes, thou shalt be sure of the same Judge, the same jury, the same… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
One of the Christian fundamentalists' goals seems to be to rebuild the Temple, which means destroying the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which presumably means… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If any earthly institution or custom conflicts with God's will, it is your Christian duty to oppose it. You must never allow… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
That the zeal for God's honor is also a dangerous passion, that the Christian must bring with him the courage to swim… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
“[M]ost Americans are still drawing some water from the Christian well. But a growing number are inventing their own versions of what… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
The idea that I would get to see this revival was almost overwhelming. And in the last decade or so, I believe… — Lester Sumrall Copy Share Image
Being Christian without the Church doesn't make sense. That's why the great Paul VI, said that the most absurd dichotomy is loving… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We will only advance in our evangelistic work as fast and as far as we advance on our knees. Prayer opens the… — Alan Redpath Copy Share Image
On the Cross the Jesus of the Four Gospels, who was God, cried out My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
I was a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, and my neighbor was Michael Novak, a theologian and philosopher… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
“The life of faith does not follow automatically when a person becomes a Christian. It requires deliberate action on his part. This… — William MacDonald Copy Share Image
Since I learned the truth in Mecca, my dearest friends have come to include all kinds -- some Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The Christian family is under attack on all fronts. Christian marriages are disintegrating at an alarming rate. Children are not receiving the… — Jim George Copy Share Image
“Perhaps a past of bingeing, restricting, or purging comes back to haunt you from time to time. Maybe you have to fight… — Kate Wicker Copy Share Image
The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do… — Witness Lee Copy Share Image
Maybe that's the problem. But whether they've heard it of not. The issue is the train that is going off the cliff.… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Children are much more understanding of the suddenness and arbitrariness of death than we are. The old fairy tales contain a lot… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Twas an unhappy Division that has been made between Faith and Works; though in my Intellect I may divide them, just as… — John Selden Copy Share Image
“If anyone thinks he has faith and yet is indifferent towards this possession, is neither cold nor hot, he can be certain… — Kierkegaard, Søren Copy Share Image
Now a confirmed atheist, I've become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work… — Matthew Parris Copy Share Image
I'm a person who acknowledges reality. I don't get up every morning and ask myself: What would I do differently if I… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
This pious practice, by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is honored and the Christian people enriched with spiritual gifts, gladdens and consoles… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
Just as the teaching of the Law and the prophets, being harbingers of the coming advent of the Logos in the flesh,… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
The noblest men of all ages, Christian saints of the most transcendent spirituality have attained their wonderful development through the spiritual rays… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
My only wish isto transform friends of God into friends of man, believers into thinkers, devotees of prayer into devotees of work,… — Ludwig Feuerbach Copy Share Image
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