Let us be satisfied simply with what sustains our present life, not with what pampers it. Let us pray to God for… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
It is not possible to be 'incidentally a Christian.' The fact of Christianity must be overwhelmingly first or nothing. This suggests a… — Sheldon Vanauken Copy Share Image
God created us with an overwhelming desire to soar. Our desire to develop and use every ounce of potential He's placed in… — Carol Kent Copy Share Image
'Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights' (Jms. 1:17). But there is… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
He who asks to receive his daily bread does not automatically receive it in its fullness as it is in itself: he… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Our starting-point must be the fact that God cannot be named... no mind has yet contained or language embraced God's substance in… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
“Second, a Christian comes to others only through Jesus Christ. Among men there is strife. ‘He is our peace’, says Paul of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I've long ago felt, I have many Jewish friends and I very I think creative Jewish friends, and I've long felt that… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
The resurrection of Christ is therefore emphatically a test question upon which depends the truth or falsehood of the Christian religion. It… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes… — Donna Freitas Copy Share Image
We certainly love the Muslim people. But that is not the faith of this country. And that is not the religion that… — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
At the end of one millennium and nine centuries of Christianity, it remains an unshakable assumption of the law in all Christian… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
There's been a lot of simple vilification of right-wing people. It's really easy to say, 'Well, you're Christian, you're anti-this and that,… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
Do not be vexed with those who show pride, or malice, effeminacy, and impatience in their intercourse with you, or others, but… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
So often we try to develop Christian character and conduct without taking the time to develop God-centered devotion. We try to please… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Only the Holy Spirit can purify the intellect, for unless a greater power comes and overthrows the despoiler, what he has taken… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
Recently I was reading somewhere or other an Italian curio-dealer who attempted to sell a 17th century crucifix to J.P. Morgan. Inside… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Thought you didn't like red hair." One of Drew's dimples kicked in as he draped an arm about Grandma's shoulder. "Must have… — Deeanne Gist Copy Share Image
Men and women who live in America...have a responsibility greater than that yet borne by any other people. Theirs the duty, the… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The truly changed, truly converted, truly Christian heart can say with John Newton, “I am not what I ought to be. I… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Christian, let God's distinguishing love to you be a motive to you to fear Him greatly. He has put His fear in… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
The freethinker has the same right to discredit the beliefs of Christians that the Orthodox Christians enjoy in destroying reverence, respect, and… — Theodore Schroeder Copy Share Image
“Before I knew anything about church, I'd assumed that most Christians spoke the same language, shared a sense of fellowship, and beyond… — Sara Miles Copy Share Image
The enemy uses all his power to lead the Christian, and above all the minister, to neglect prayer. He knows that however… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
The missionary question is not, 'Where are there unbelievers?' and then send a missionary there. There are unbelievers everywhere! The missionary question… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Will not the very moment of great disillusionment with my brother or sister be incomparably wholesome for me becuase it so thoroughly… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Would to God we were all Christians who profess to be Christians, and that we lived up to what we profess. Then… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Holocaust Museum said ISIS has carried out genocide against the Yazidis, but its investigation did not cover Christian persecution. Now there's concern… — Tom Gjelten Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most powerful thing Christians can do to communicate to a skeptical world is to live fulfilled lives, exhibiting proof that… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
There is nothing so deluded as feelings. Christians cannot live by feelings. Let me further tell you that many feelings are the… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“If the Christian dogmas of a revengeful God, universal sinfulness, election by divine grace and the danger of eternal damnation were true,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Initially, when I first became a Christian and got into ministry, my thought was that God existed to make my life better… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Whenever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for being "disturbers of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I have always known that, because God so miraculously rescued me that he would also use me. God always uses the unqualified… — Jay Haizlip Copy Share Image
For I choose to follow not men or men's doctrines, but God and the doctrines [delivered] by Him. For if you have… — Justin Martyr Copy Share Image
At root, evangelical anti-intellectualism is both a scandal and a sin. It is a scandal in the sense of being an offense… — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
I have come to think that the challenge confronting Christians is not that we do not believe what we say, though that… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
[Giving] is the essence of the great religions of the world - whether you are discussing the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Christian… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
God loves America. When you consider what He went through to bring our forbearers to this magnificent land, and when you realize… — D. James Kennedy Copy Share Image
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