Avoid duplicity, that is, do not let your heart be divided between attachment to God and attachment to earthly things, 'You cannot… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
The central idea of the Eastern Fathers was that of theosis, the divinization of all creatures, the transfiguration of the world, the… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
Christ is to be answerable for all those that are given to Him, at the last day, and therefore we need not… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
I had prepared myself for prison and torture as a soldier in peacetime prepares for the hardships of war. I had studied… — Richard Wurmbrand Copy Share Image
“Father, Son, and Holy Spirit remind us that there is always more of God than we know, always more of God than… — Thomas R. Steagald Copy Share Image
I was not in agreement with the sharp anti-Semitic tone, but from time to time I read arguments which gave me some… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“I remember when I was growing up and there would be sick people in the church. I was always so sensitive to… — Jacquelyn Nicole Davis Copy Share Image
He has inhibited discussion by designating admonition as the method of dealing with a heretic- and the first method, too, because he… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
In Islam tolerance means that Christians and Jews are allowed to live under the protection of Muslims but never as citizens with… — Bassam Tibi Copy Share Image
Not more certain is it that it is something outside the thermometer that produces a change in the thermometer, than it is… — Henry Drummond Copy Share Image
It is a sinful abomination for one part of the world's Christians to grow richer year by year while our brothers and… — Ronald J. Sider Copy Share Image
“Faith is first of all not attachment to a body of doctrines but a process of responding in obedience and trust to… — Luke Timothy Johnson Copy Share Image
His system of morality was the most benevolent and sublime probably that has been ever taught, and consequently more perfect than those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“In Paul’s view a church should not merely survive in its unfriendly pagan environment, but advance. Christians should have nothing to do… — John Charles Pollock Copy Share Image
Christians have ... identified their opponents, whether Jews, pagans, or heretics, with forces of evil, and so with Satan... Nor have things… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
“If you go through life making every decision based on what is safest, you will look back one day and discover that… — Tessa Afshar Copy Share Image
I think most of our religious institutions are pretty corrupt, so they're not reliable. I think the Christian religion that I was… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
It sounds superficially fair. But it presupposes that that there is something in Christian theology to be ignorant about. The entire thrust… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“In teaching people what it means to be a Christian, we spend much of our time and effort bringing them to a… — Kyle Idleman Copy Share Image
To turn the tide of materialism in the Christian community, we desperately need bold models of kingdom-centered living. Despite our need to… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“If I had my way, I would declare a moratorium on public preaching of 'the plan of salvation' in America for one… — Paris Reidhead Copy Share Image
The church has long used the concept of sacraments--outward signs of inward grace--to name the spaces where God meets us in an… — Lauren F. Winner Copy Share Image
“It is when I am cold, alone, bitterly forlorn and shuttered from all hope that you will see who I truly am.… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I realize that many Christians have not been praying because they have not accepted the reality of war in which we find… — Francis Frangipane Copy Share Image
You are Christians; find out what is true and false in Christianity - and you will then find out what is true.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I am still amazed at the amount of Christian charity [Wellesley] stuck us all with, a kind of glazed politeness in the… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Christianity, above all, consoles; but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently Christianity begins by making such souls… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
There are many who say they want to be victorious Christians, but few are willing to endure the discipline necessary to make… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Not only do they offend thee, O Lady, who outrage thee, but thou art also offended by those who neglect to ask… — Bonaventure Copy Share Image
“Moreover, our certitudes were closely bound to a given set of symbols. Change the well defined Latin term for an undefined Greek… — Bryan Houghton Copy Share Image
To those who have no personal experience of this revolutionary aspect of Christian truth, but who see only the outer crust of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“We didn’t-?” I whisper, my mouth drying in mortified horror as I can’t complete the question. I stare at my hands. “Anastasia,… — E.L. James Copy Share Image
I grew up in a home in which loyalty to family was central to my father's outlook. Adolescent changes to my outlook… — John Kleinig Copy Share Image
What we need is a political and joyous alternative to the behaviorist discourse, the Christian discourse on evil or sin, and the… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I chose not to be a devout Christian is because a lot of people gave me a… — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
“Since God gives us grace day by day, our response is with our whole life, day by day. The way we choose… — Gary L. Harbaugh Copy Share Image
That new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
Though this life may be gone in a week or today, you will forever be alive in the hearts of those who… — Kodee Williams Copy Share Image
Christians who have influence in political life must feel as individuals responsibility in front of their own faith. And the duty of… — Karl Lehmann Copy Share Image
I am a Christian resident of New York City. I simply read things the other Manhattanites read (NY Times, New Yorker magazine,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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