--- title: "3 Christian faith Quotes By Nadia Bolz-Weber" description: "3 Christian faith quotes by Nadia Bolz-Weber. Plus more from Nadia Bolz-Weber and more Christian faith sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/nadia-bolz-weber-15054_bible_the-kingdom-of-god-is-a-tricky-concept-a_153427.jpg" --- > [“The Kingdom of God is a tricky concept, and I was always taught it referred to our heavenly reward for being good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/the-kingdom-of-god-is-a-tricky-concept-and-i-was-always-taught-it/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/nadia-bolz-weber-15054_bible_the-kingdom-of-god-is-a-tricky-concept-a_153427.jpg) > [“No one is climbing the spiritual ladder. We don't continually improve until we are so spiritual we no longer need God. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/no-one-is-climbing-the-spiritual-ladder-we-don-t-continually-improve/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbd/nadia-bolz-weber-15054_christian-faith_no-one-is-climbing-the-spiritual-ladder_361296.jpg) > [“the Christian faith, while wildly misrepresented in so much of American culture, is really about death and resurrection. It’s about how God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/the-christian-faith-while-wildly-misrepresented-in-so-much-of/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/nadia-bolz-weber-15054_american-culture_the-christian-faith-while-wildly-misrepr_677302.jpg) ## Other authors on Christian faith - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-faith/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rob-bell-79345.jpg) Rob Bell 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-faith/rob-bell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-lane-craig-95658.jpg) William Lane Craig 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-faith/william-lane-craig/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-tullian-tchividjian-92416.jpg) Tullian Tchividjian 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-faith/tullian-tchividjian/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-luther-64750.jpg) Martin Luther 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-faith/martin-luther/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-franklin-graham-35918.jpg) Franklin Graham 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-faith/franklin-graham/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ravi-zacharias-77467.jpg) Ravi Zacharias 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-faith/ravi-zacharias/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-shelby-spong-52274.jpg) John Shelby Spong 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-faith/john-shelby-spong/) - [David Kinnaman 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-faith/david-kinnaman/) ## More by Nadia Bolz-Weber > [“Unitarians just don't talk much about our need for God's grave. They have a higher opinion of human beings than I have ever felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/unitarians-just-don-t-talk-much-about-our-need-for-god-s-grave-they/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“And the strangeness of the good news is that, like those in Matthew 25 who sat before the throne and said Huh? When did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/and-the-strangeness-of-the-good-news-is-that-like-those-in-matthew-25/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“There's something about courting the darkness that makes some people see the truth in raw, twisted ways, as though they were shining a black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/there-s-something-about-courting-the-darkness-that-makes-some-people/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“The Kingdom of God is a tricky concept, and I was always taught it referred to our heavenly reward for being good, which, now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/the-kingdom-of-god-is-a-tricky-concept-and-i-was-always-taught-it/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“But our sexual and gender expressions are as integral to who we are as our religious upbringings are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/but-our-sexual-and-gender-expressions-are-as-integral-to-who-we-are/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“The eunuch sought God despite the fact that he had heard that there was no love for him there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/the-eunuch-sought-god-despite-the-fact-that-he-had-heard-that-there/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“The life changing seems always bracketed by the mundane. The quotidian wrapped around the profound, like plain brown paper concealing the emotional version of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/the-life-changing-seems-always-bracketed-by-the-mundane-the-quotidian/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“No one is climbing the spiritual ladder. We don't continually improve until we are so spiritual we no longer need God. We die and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/no-one-is-climbing-the-spiritual-ladder-we-don-t-continually-improve/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“Grace is when God is a source of wholeness, which makes up for my failings. My failings hurt me and others and even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/grace-is-when-god-is-a-source-of-wholeness-which-makes-up-for-my/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“He said that there would be more information available in the narthex. I leaned over to Matthew and whispered, "The Narthex? Isn't that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/he-said-that-there-would-be-more-information-available-in-the-narthex/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“As a teenager, I loved how I looked in the outfit of using drugs and exercising poor judgement. I had tried it on, spun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/as-a-teenager-i-loved-how-i-looked-in-the-outfit-of-using-drugs-and/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“This is exactly, when it comes down to it, why most people do not believe in grace. It is fucking offensive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/this-is-exactly-when-it-comes-down-to-it-why-most-people-do-not/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“It’s God saying, “I love the world too much to let your sin define you and be the final word. I am a God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/it-s-god-saying-i-love-the-world-too-much-to-let-your-sin-define-you/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“The last shall be first and the first shall be last.” This is exactly, when it comes down to it, why most people do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/the-last-shall-be-first-and-the-first-shall-be-last-this-is-exactly/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“And always, always, it is worth it to sing alleluia in defiance of the devil, who surely hates the sound of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/and-always-always-it-is-worth-it-to-sing-alleluia-in-defiance-of-the/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-faith/nadia-bolz-weber/#itemlist", "name": "3 Christian faith Quotes By Nadia Bolz-Weber", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The Kingdom of God is a tricky concept, and I was always taught it referred to our heavenly reward for being good, which, now that I actually read the Bible for myself, makes very little sense. 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