The religion of art, like the religion of politics, was born from the ruins of Christianity. Art inherited from the old religion… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“T-4.II.5. Undermining the ego’s thought system must be perceived as painful, even though this is anything but true. Babies scream in rage… — Foundation for Inner Peace Copy Share Image
The business of the believer with his Bible open is to pray, 'Lord, give me the meaning and spirit of your word,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The idea of the nightclub and gospel house music is interesting to me; I can't wait to hit that circuit! The Bible… — Measha Brueggergosman Copy Share Image
“ Authentic Christianity and the world are by definition at odds. For most Americans, Christianity has been watered down and rendered innocuous,… — Thomas Reeves Copy Share Image
A lot of religious belief - even the majority - involves making factual claims about the world which do come into conflict… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Slavery, though under modifications which rendered it little more than the apprenticeship of our day, was permitted under the Mosaic dispensation; but… — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
“In Christian tradition, beauty, goodness, and truth are known as “transcendentals,” linked to the three core human abilities to feel, to wish,… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
Nowadays, by contrast, Christianity specialises in soft-focus mood music; its threats of hell, its demand for poverty and chastity, its doctrine that… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced; they genuinely cling to… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
“God loves us just because of who we are, not because of what we do, not because we’ve got it all together,… — Kurt W. Bubna Copy Share Image
“The sad part was that everything I said was true but I was going about the healing in entirely the wrong way.… — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
In Judaism or Christianity and so forth, you invent rules that don't exist anywhere except in your imagination. You spend your life… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The motto of all true servants of God must be, ‘We preach Christ; and him crucified.’ A sermon without Christ in it… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“This morning I’m bringing three current expressions of this very scenario before your throne of grace. My heart’s heavy, but not as… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
Many atheistic books and blogs seethe with anger. Remarkably, the authors do not limit their anger to Christians. They seem most livid… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“As Christians we face two tasks in our evangelism: saving the soul and saving the mind, that is to say, not only… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
God requires no person to spend his or her life reiterating the gospel to people who will not receive it. He wants… — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
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We've seen the transformation of America, when at the pinnacle of its Christianity was probably in the 1950s. Ever since then it… — Scott Lively Copy Share Image
“The pious heart therefore perceives a division in itself, being partly affected with delight through a knowledge of the divine goodness, partly… — William Cunningham Copy Share Image
“Many modern Christians think of the New Testament as a book outside of history, something that was just suddenly there. Historians of… — Jason BeDuhn Copy Share Image
“[I]t's difficult to make people see that what you have been taught counts for nothing, and that the only things worth having… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“The incomprehensible suffering of Jesus Christ ended sacrifice by the shedding of blood, but it did not end the importance of sacrifice… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Christ himself came down and took possession of me. . . I had never foreseen the possibility of that, of a real… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones taught that the gospel emphasis on grace could be lost in several ways. A church might simply become heterodox… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Monotheism is the primitive religion which centers human consciousness on Hive Authority. There is One God and His Name is _______ (substitute… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
“In some ways, we all are a bit like Pharaoh. When we’re riding high and on top of the world, we’re convinced… — Spencer C Demetros Copy Share Image
“The Marrow Controversy raised a major question about how the gospel is to be preached. But the answer to that question depends… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
“From this perspective, it should be appreciated that the antithesis between law and gospel is not an end in itself. It is… — Richard B. Jr. Gaffin Copy Share Image
Another hallmark of Christianity is that salvation is not individualistic-it's not something one person receives for himself or herself. Salvation is the… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Humans need Jesus Christ as a necessity and not as a luxury. You may be pleased to have flowers, but you must… — Joseph Parker Copy Share Image
“So precious is the testimony of the mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the message that he delivered to this earth… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
“Yes, our goal as Christians should be to do away with the things in our world that keep people from knowing the… — Holly Sprink Copy Share Image
The more ardent the love for the Eucharist in the hearts of the Christian people, the more clearly will they recognize the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The spiritual differs from the religious in being able to endure isolation. The rank of a spiritual person is proportionate to his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jesus' life and words are a challenge at the same time that they are Good News. They are a challenge to those… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
If you dont have appropriate boundaries, youll compromise your faith. I struggled spiritually for a while and I didnt have many Christian… — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
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