From the very beginning, I started preaching when I was 16 years old. So I began studying Scripture very seriously. I had… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
My second Christian name is John. Good solid bourgeois Christian name, like my first name, Peter, a rock. Minerals. Build on rock,… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
“There’s a beautiful poem at the beginning of a collection of books we call the Bible. In that poem, it is written:… — Cole Ryan Copy Share Image
It is pointless for someone to say that he has faith in God if he does not have the works which go… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
How easy it is to work for God when we are filled with His Spirit! His service is so sweet, so delightful;… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
I'm a Christian, but I'm not a puritan. I believe in pleasure and orgiastic pleasure has its place, intellectual pleasure has its… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“And above all, what a strange attitude that actually is, when we no longer find Christian service worthwhile if the denarius of… — Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
As to the Christian religion, besides the strong evidence which we have for it, there is a balance in its favor from… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There can be no doubt that this possessive clinging to things is one of the most harmful habits in the [christian] life.… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
It is not enough for the Church to be engaged with the State in healing social ills, though this is important at… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
We recognize a tree by its fruit, and we ought to be able to recognize a Christian by his action. The fruit… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
In our laws...by the oath which they prescribe, we appeal to the Supreme Being so to deal with us hereafter as we… — Rufus King Copy Share Image
Conclude not from all this that I have renounced the Christian religion. . . . Far from it. I see in every… — John Adams Copy Share Image
There are a lot of Christians who are halfway fellows. They stand in the door, holding on to the Church with one… — Mordecai Ham Copy Share Image
Lord, send Your life throughout the entire church. Visit Your church; restore sound doctrine and holy, earnest living. Take away from professing… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
[God] arranged that the boy Samuel should be chosen but instead of teaching him directly He had him, turn once or twice… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
“What do you want, Christian?” What did I want? To make her smile, to wipe away her tears, to hold her. To… — A.L. Jackson Copy Share Image
The normal Christian life is a life of regular, daily answer to prayer. In the model prayer Jesus taught His disciples to… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
One of the most important things that we as Christians can do is regularly fill our hearts and minds with God's Word.… — Christine Caine Copy Share Image
As for this young Ali, one cannot but like him. A noble-minded creature, as he shows himself, now and always afterwards; full… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It seems like things are upside down [in America] as we see right declared as wrong, and wrong as right. God is… — Greg Laurie Copy Share Image
... when death has been brought upon a saint, we ought not to think that an evil has happened to him but… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
The patriarchal, the Jewish, and the Christian dispensations, are evidently but the unfolding of one general plan. In the first we see… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
Biblical higher criticism is preserved in the particular enclave of academic Christian scholarship and is thought to be too unfruitful to share… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Don't let the bastards get you down. Christians aren't God. Religious people aren't God. God loves you, just where you're at... just… — Jay Bakker Copy Share Image
To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
You're either selfish, or you're a servant...but fundamentally selfish people are terrible friends, terrible lovers, terrible spouses, terrible Christians, terrible parents. They… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
“...we think being a Christian means to go to church on Sunday and trying to be good through the week. Now I… — Kimberly L. Smith Copy Share Image
Suddenly the land is haunted by all these dead Indians. There is this new fascination with the Southwest, with places like Santa… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Does anyone know... does the Christian persecution complex have an expiration date? Because... uh... you've all been in charge pretty much since...… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“The preeminent job of the church is to equip Christian for life's challenges. This requires the emphasis on being fitted with tested… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
As the church watches from the sidelines, the ungodly elect atheists and homosexuals to school boards and legislatures to enact policies and… — Robert Simonds Copy Share Image
The saints show us that being a baptized Christian means living as a new creation, rejoicing in a life radically different from… — Stephen J. Binz Copy Share Image
I affirm, along with many others, that the major enduring religions of the world are all valid and legitimate. I see them… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
The Christian goal for the world is the universal development of Biblical theocratic republics, in which every area of life is redeemed… — David Chilton Copy Share Image
The chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end the Son of God became incarnate,… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
A dislike of death is no proof of the want of religion. The instincts of nature shrink from it, for no creature… — William Jay Copy Share Image
...when someone asked Bonhoeffer whether he shouldn't join the German Christians in order to work against them from within, he answered that… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
As brilliantly as the sun shines through some days, there are many days that it does not shine at all. Some days… — Nancie Carmichael Copy Share Image
I used to believe in God. The Christian one, that is (There are a few thousand to choose from. But I was… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
![“How easy it is to work for God when we are filled with His Spirit! His service is so sweet, so delightful; He is not a hard master. People talk about their being overworked and breaking down. It is not so. It is [over-worry] and care that wears people out. Why do so many workers break down? Not…” quote by Dwight L. Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/dwight-l-moody-1085_break_how-easy-it-is-to-work-for-god-when-we-a_2997534.png)
![“I'm a Christian, but I'm not a puritan. I believe in pleasure and orgiastic pleasure has its place, intellectual pleasure has its place, social pleasure has its place, televisual pleasure has its place [in life].” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/cornel-west-708_believe_i-m-a-christian-but-i-m-not-a-puritan-i_1041099.jpg)
![“There can be no doubt that this possessive clinging to things is one of the most harmful habits in the [christian] life. Because it is so natural, it is rarely recognized for the evil that it is. But its outworkings are tragic.” quote by Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_christian_there-can-be-no-doubt-that-this-possessi_3191985.jpg)
![“[God] arranged that the boy Samuel should be chosen but instead of teaching him directly He had him, turn once or twice to an old man. This youngster, to whom He had granted a direct encounter with Himself, had nevertheless to go for instruction to someone who had offended God, and all because…” quote by John Cassian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cd/john-cassian-13822_boys_god-arranged-that-the-boy-samuel-should_1767780.jpg)
![“It seems like things are upside down [in America] as we see right declared as wrong, and wrong as right. God is not pointing His finger at the Supreme Court, or the White House, or the Capitol. If you are a Christian, He is looking at you and at me to humble ourselves, pray, and seek God's face…” quote by Greg Laurie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/greg-laurie-5183_action_it-seems-like-things-are-upside-down-in_1710230.png)
