--- title: "26 Christian Message Quotes by 25 authors" description: "Browse 26 Christian Message quotes by 25 authors. Discover the best Christian Message sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/lynsi-torres-48097_burger_in-n-out-burger-has-a-well-known-and-lon_1665919.jpg" --- > [In-N-Out Burger has a well-known and long standing reputation as a corporation that is operated with a Christian message and philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynsi-torres/in-n-out-burger-has-a-well-known-and-long-standing-reputation-as-a/) [Lynsi Torres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynsi-torres/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/lynsi-torres-48097_burger_in-n-out-burger-has-a-well-known-and-lon_1665919.jpg) > [The Christian message is not an exhortation - "try hard to be good." Good advice, but there is no saving gospel in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halford-luccock/the-christian-message-is-not-an-exhortation-try-hard-to-be-good-good/) [Halford Luccock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halford-luccock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/halford-luccock-44729_advice_the-christian-message-is-not-an-exhortat_431061.jpg) > [At the heart of the Christian message is God Himself waiting for His redeemed children to push in to conscious awareness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/at-the-heart-of-the-christian-message-is-god-himself-waiting-for-his/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_awareness_at-the-heart-of-the-christian-message-is_2771406.png) > [Today we need whatever methods or help we can receive to allow the Christian message to take us to a deeper level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/today-we-need-whatever-methods-or-help-we-can-receive-to-allow-the/) [Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/richard-rohr-618_change_today-we-need-whatever-methods-or-help-w_2981985.png) > [Only when holiness and worship meet can evil be conquered. For that, only the Christian message has the answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-zacharias/only-when-holiness-and-worship-meet-can-evil-be-conquered-for-that/) [Ravi Zacharias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-zacharias/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/ravi-zacharias-1158_answers_only-when-holiness-and-worship-meet-can_1909104.png) > [I am convinced that people are open to the Christian message if it is seasoned with authority and proclaimed as God's own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/i-am-convinced-that-people-are-open-to-the-christian-message-if-it-is/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/billy-graham-234_authority_i-am-convinced-that-people-are-open-to-t_2936957.png) > [I'm not a Christian, but I think the Christian message is a good one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-m-not-a-christian-but-i-think-the-christian-message-is-a-good-one/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/annie-lennox-1546_christian_i-m-not-a-christian-but-i-think-the-chri_1953983.jpg) > [That is what a very Christian message is: to care about each other and to help those who need it the most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooke-ellison/that-is-what-a-very-christian-message-is-to-care-about-each-other-and/) [Brooke Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooke-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/brooke-ellison-61114_care_that-is-what-a-very-christian-message-is_2124839.png) > [“Another vindication I had is the fact that I believed the Christian message and the gospel of the kingdom is good enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/another-vindication-i-had-is-the-fact-that-i-believed-the-christian/) [Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/sunday-adelaja-35_another_another-vindication-i-had-is-the-fact-th_647555.jpg) > [The whole purpose of the Christian message is to confront the sinner's sin so you can call the sinner to repentance and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-macarthur/the-whole-purpose-of-the-christian-message-is-to-confront-the-sinner/) [John MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-macarthur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/john-macarthur-1117_forgiveness_the-whole-purpose-of-the-christian-messa_3145362.jpg) > [Happily for us, the fundamental Christian message concerns not what we ought to do, but what God has done and what God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-martin/happily-for-us-the-fundamental-christian-message-concerns-not-what-we/) [Hugh Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/hugh-martin-63146_christian_happily-for-us-the-fundamental-christian_820601.jpg) > [For me, faith is personal, but the implications are social - as personal and social responsibility are at the heart of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-morrison/for-me-faith-is-personal-but-the-implications-are-social-as-personal/) [Scott Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b50/scott-morrison-21744_christianity_for-me-faith-is-personal-but-the-implica_1062946.jpg) > [Until cubism, all art, all pictures, could be 'read' by anybody. If this hadn't been so, the Christian message wouldn't have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/until-cubism-all-art-all-pictures-could-be-read-by-anybody-if-this/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/david-hockney-1395_art_until-cubism-all-art-all-pictures-could_882496.png) > [At the bottom of a Peretti novel is the biblical view of things, the Christian message. Whether you're a Christian or not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-peretti/at-the-bottom-of-a-peretti-novel-is-the-biblical-view-of-things-the/) [Frank Peretti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-peretti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/frank-peretti-9465_bible_at-the-bottom-of-a-peretti-novel-is-the_1147489.png) > [“…The heart of the matter, the heart of the Christian message, is constituted by a fearful question and a merciful answer: What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-webster/the-heart-of-the-matter-the-heart-of-the-christian-message-is/) [John Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-webster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/john-webster-7470_christianity_the-heart-of-the-matter-the-heart-of-the_1215895.png) > [Proclaim the beauty and truth of the Christian message to a society which is tangent by confusing presentations of sexuality, marriage and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/proclaim-the-beauty-and-truth-of-the-christian-message-to-a-society/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/pope-francis-85_beauty_proclaim-the-beauty-and-truth-of-the-chr_2538702.jpg) > [“So what stands in place of the Christian message? An ethical and social idealism borne by a faith in progress that -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/so-what-stands-in-place-of-the-christian-message-an-ethical-and/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/eric-metaxas-1651_christian_so-what-stands-in-place-of-the-christian_1558537.jpg) > [History has brought us to the point where the Christian message is thought to be essential concerned only with how to deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/history-has-brought-us-to-the-point-where-the-christian-message-is/) [Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/dallas-willard-819_christian_history-has-brought-us-to-the-point-wher_2009674.png) > [ We \[Christians\] have the dilemma of using a symbol system that was not made for our worldview, to give our worldview... I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-schaeffer/we-christians-have-the-dilemma-of-using-a-symbol-system-that-was-not/) [Francis Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-schaeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/francis-schaeffer-2607_christian_we-christians-have-the-dilemma-of-using_2226048.jpg) > [“This is quite characteristic of most of the churches I saw. So what stands in place of the Christian message? An ethical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/this-is-quite-characteristic-of-most-of-the-churches-i-saw-so-what/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/eric-metaxas-1651_christian_this-is-quite-characteristic-of-most-of_802587.png) > [Christianity is not just involved with "salvation", but with the total man in the total world. The Christian message begins with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/christianity-is-not-just-involved-with-salvation-but-with-the-total/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/938/anonymous-1_being-thankful_christianity-is-not-just-involved-with-s_876791.jpg) > [“The Christian message does not begin with "accept Christ as your Savior"; it begins with "In the beginning God created the heavens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearcey/the-christian-message-does-not-begin-with-accept-christ-as-your/) [Nancy Pearcey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearcey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/nancy-pearcey-3368_bible_the-christian-message-does-not-begin-wit_1456456.png) > [“The Christian message has a moral challenge. If the message is true, the moral challenge has to be accepted. So God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-w-stott/the-christian-message-has-a-moral-challenge-if-the-message-is-true/) [John R.W. Stott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-w-stott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/john-r-w-stott-15425_challenge_the-christian-message-has-a-moral-challe_1383345.jpg) > [“The greatest barrier I have met is the almost total absence from the minds of my audience of any sense of sin...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/the-greatest-barrier-i-have-met-is-the-almost-total-absence-from-the/) [C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/c-s-lewis-121_christianity_the-greatest-barrier-i-have-met-is-the-a_302402.jpg) > [While the Christian message is increasingly becoming less acceptable in fashionable society, we must be always living according to Scripture and prepared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-falwell/while-the-christian-message-is-increasingly-becoming-less-acceptable/) [Jonathan Falwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-falwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/jonathan-falwell-41784_acceptable_while-the-christian-message-is-increasin_376590.jpg) > [The Christian message, like an ecosystem, is about process. In an ecological sense, the cross symbolizes a willingness to die so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-jackson/the-christian-message-like-an-ecosystem-is-about-process-in-an/) [Wes Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/wes-jackson-26171_christian_the-christian-message-like-an-ecosystem_3088500.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-message/#itemlist", "name": "Christian Message Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In-N-Out Burger has a well-known and long standing reputation as a corporation that is operated with a Christian message and philosophy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lynsi Torres" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynsi-torres/in-n-out-burger-has-a-well-known-and-long-standing-reputation-as-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/lynsi-torres-48097_burger_in-n-out-burger-has-a-well-known-and-lon_1665919.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/lynsi-torres-48097_burger_in-n-out-burger-has-a-well-known-and-lon_1665919.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/lynsi-torres-48097_burger_in-n-out-burger-has-a-well-known-and-lon_1665919.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In-N-Out Burger has a well-known and long standing reputation as a corporation that is operated with a…” — Lynsi Torres", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Christian message is not an exhortation - 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If the message is true, the moral challenge has to be accepted. So God is not a fit object for man’s detached scrutiny. You cannot fix God at the end of a telescope or a microscope and say “How interesting!” God is not interesting. He is deeply upsetting. The same is true of Jesus Christ … We know that to find God and to accept Jesus Christ would be a very inconvenient experience. It would involve the rethinking of our whole outlook on life and the readjustment of our whole manner of life. And it is a combination of intellectual and moral cowardice which makes us hesitate. We do not find because we do not seek. We do not seek because we do not want to find, and we know that the way to be certain of not finding is not to seek … Christ’s promise is plain: \"Seek and you will find.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John R.W. 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