Christian Quotes · Page 157

As a Christian, my highest calling is not motherhood; my highest calling is to follow Christ.

— Rachel Held Evans

Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.

— Seneca the Younger

True knowledge is found only among those genuinely worshiping God.

— John Cassian

The goal of the pastor is not to get people to show up but to get people to grow up.

— John C. Maxwell

Heaven doesn't make this life less important; it makes it more important.

— Billy Graham

“It is better to be slave to righteousness of God than sin of satan.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.

— Pope Francis

I'm a Christian, but I've coached and played with Muslims and all kind of different religions.

— Dabo Swinney

Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God, here and now.

— Henri Nouwen

Don't be troubled if you don't feel the love of God in yourself, but thing about the Lord, that He is merciful,…

— Silouan the Athonite

...there is still a need for those of us nestled deep within the Christian bubble to look beyond the status quo and…

— Francis Chan

In an exclusive interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network Donald Trump said "I believe in god." But of course The Donald was…

— Jay Leno

I tell people that I'm a Christian, but I don't think it's giving an insight into who I am or what I'm…

— Sally Phillips

I've never really gone out and told people, 'I'm a Christian. I believe in God, and that is the reason why I'm…

— Ken Shamrock

A person who is obsessed thinks about heaven frequently. Obsessed people orient their lives around eternity; they are not fixed only on…

— Francis Chan

“Darkness is the absence of light. Therefore, darkness is always fleeing from where light is and scurrying off to where it is…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

It is only all too easy to understand the requirements contained in God's Word ('Give all your goods to the poor.' 'If…

— Soren Kierkegaard

When you understand the values of God's kingdom, you will best understand His agenda.4 However, it is my conviction that the message…

— Tony Evans

I work in theology and Christian books all day long, when Im studying, so its just kind of nice to pick up…

— Max Lucado

Boy lovers and the lesbians who have young lovers... are not child molesters. The child abusers are priests, teachers, therapists, cops and…

— Patrick Califia

If grownups want to dress in Tudor costume, douse babies in water, intone over the dead and do strange things with wine…

— Simon Jenkins

Faith endures as seeing Him who is invisible (Heb. 11:27); endures the disappointments, the hardships, and the heart-aches of life, by recognizing…

— Arthur W. Pink

I am a patient man--always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance, and also to give ample time for repentance.…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Being a christian in South Africa always keeps your faith in check. One minute you waiting for rapture or Jesus to come…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

“If we are not receiving some type of ridicule for our beliefs, we are probably doing something wrong.”

— Dillon Burroughs

To be Christian it will cost a man his love of ease.

— J. C. Ryle

“The paradise of praying is like a palace of full of precious things.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

There is nothing that will make you a Christian indeed, but a taste of the sweetness of Christ.

— Samuel Rutherford

Christians cannot be so joined to this world that they forget who they serve.

— Monica Johnson

No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon.

— Phillips Brooks

Christian ideology has contributed no little to the oppression of woman.

— Simone de Beauvoir

Christians, instead of arming themselves with swords, extend their hands in prayer.

— Athanasius of Alexandria

Cast first to your church those visions you absolutely know are the Lord's.

— Matthew Carter

The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger.

— Thomas a Kempis

Faith is to rest, not in the best of God's servants, but in His unchanging Word.

— Henry Allen Ironside

There is no wild beast so ferocious as Christians who differ concerning their faith.

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Are there not millions of us who would rather go sleeping to hell; than sweating to heaven?

— Thomas Watson

I think it's hard to talk about the Muslim world and Christian world as blocks.

— Samuel P. Huntington

If the Tiber rises too high, or the Nile too low, the remedy is always feeding Christians to the lions.

— Tertullian

As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others.

— Charles Spurgeon