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title: "10 Christian Today Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [To the average professed Christian today, living so far below normal, New Testament Christianity would be a shock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vance-havner/to-the-average-professed-christian-today-living-so-far-below-normal/)

[Vance Havner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vance-havner/)

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> [The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/the-distinctive-mark-of-the-christian-today-more-than-ever-must-be/)

[Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/)

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> [“Our age knows better… What was formerly merely sickly now becomes indecent—it is indecent to be a Christian today.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/our-age-knows-better-what-was-formerly-merely-sickly-now-becomes/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [What was formerly merely sickly now becomes indecent : it is indecent to be a Christian today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/what-was-formerly-merely-sickly-now-becomes-indecent-it-is-indecent/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [Our society's obsession with tolerance leads to intolerance. Simply being a Christian today is an offense to our culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/our-society-s-obsession-with-tolerance-leads-to-intolerance-simply/)

[Charles Colson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-colson/)

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> [I've been a Christian for a long time, and I think that Christianity gets a bad rap. I think that people's perception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andie-macdowell/i-ve-been-a-christian-for-a-long-time-and-i-think-that-christianity/)

[Andie MacDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andie-macdowell/)

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> [“Unlike the uneducated Christian followers from centuries ago, the typical Christian today has a particularly high level of suspicion of organized religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-s-haraburda/unlike-the-uneducated-christian-followers-from-centuries-ago-the/)

[Scott S. Haraburda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-s-haraburda/)

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> [The attitude of the average Christian today is relax and be raptured. But He is coming... and when God gets angry you´ve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-ravenhill/the-attitude-of-the-average-christian-today-is-relax-and-be-raptured/)

[Leonard Ravenhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-ravenhill/)

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> [I believe the role of the Christian today is to show the world the love of Jesus. I know that may sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricardo-sanchez/i-believe-the-role-of-the-christian-today-is-to-show-the-world-the/)

[Ricardo Sanchez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricardo-sanchez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/ricardo-sanchez-34947_believe_i-believe-the-role-of-the-christian-toda_22693.jpg)

> [“You are a Christian today only because God was the first to seek peace with you. You are now called and equipped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-brooks/you-are-a-christian-today-only-because-god-was-the-first-to-seek/)

[Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-brooks/)

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