Christianity Quotes · Page 171

Riches naturally beget pride, love of the world, and every temper that is destructive of Christianity.

— John Wesley

I think the most influential aspect of my work is to show that Judaism and Christianity exist in a continuity with archaic…

— Rene Girard

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

— Phillips Brooks

There's a lot of America that's Christian. I would not describe us, though, on the whole, as a Christian nation.

— John Edwards

Christianity was preached by ignorant men and believed by servants, and that is why it resembles nothing ever known.

— Joseph de Maistre

“Of all men, Christians should work especially hard, giving more than an honest day's work for a day's wage.”

— Richard D. Phillips

Christians know how to face difficulties, trials and defeat with serenity and hope in the Lord.

— Pope Francis

As for me, my charter is Jesus Christ, the inviolable charter is His cross and His death and resurrection, and faith through…

— Ignatius of Antioch

Persuade yourselves, that the faith of the gospel is beyond the power of nature; that there is a necessity of a power…

— Thomas Boston

Christians and non-Christian voters alike have become far too comfortable slinging rocks at the expense of making any real political or social…

— Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick

The Christian churches and Christianity have nothing in common save in name: they are utterly hostile opposites. The churches are arrogance, violence,…

— Anonymous

We see that it is not the task of Christianity to provide easy answers to every question, but to make us progressively…

— Kallistos Ware

In this Epistle, the Apostle seeks, with great earnestness, to confirm the Christian converts in the belief of that Gospel, which he…

— John Strachan

No one has to come see my shows who doesn't like me talking about white Christians. They are free not buy a…

— George Carlin

Jesus did not come to the Earth to start 285 squabbling denominations fighting over the Bible. How like the devil to divide…

— John Hagee

[The tension] between the Christians and Muslims goes back to the Crusades, doesn't it? It's too easy to blame everything on one…

— Mickey Rourke

In the inheritance, I seek to dramatically distinguish between genuine, authentic Christianity on the one hand, and counterfeit, alternative spirituality on the…

— Brian Williams

I look forward to the time when the churches come to celebrate and honour the work of animal protection as an imperative…

— Andrew Linzey

“We’re saved through grace” The Antioch church rejoiced. God had opened the door of faith for the Gentiles! But then some people…

— Daniel Partner

There is no reason to not trust your process, no reason to get frustrated, no reason to criticize, or judge others, nothing…

— Bryan Kest

“What is a disciple? It is not a mindless follower. A disciple is a student. When Paul prohibits women teaching men, he…

— Nancy Wilson

“I realized that the Bible had been written by white men. I knew that, according to many Christians, I was a descendant…

— James Baldwin

There are hard texts in each tradition which we must confront and ask ourselves, 'Can we reinterpret those texts to allow us…

— Jonathan Sacks

We do injury to a child if we bring it up in a narrow Christianity, which prevents it from ever becoming capable…

— Simone Weil

If Christianity needed an Anti-Christ, they needed look no farther than Paul.

— Jeremy Bentham

Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken.

— Rich Mullins

I'm afraid I haven't become a born-again Christian. I'm sort of 'Church of England, lapsed' is about as far as I go.

— David Gilmour

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

— Timothy Keller

“It is a Christian duty, as you know, for every-one to be as happy as he can.”

— C.S. Lewis

Some readers took 'Heaven's My Destination' as a satire on Christianity and the Midwest, but today it reads like a loving comedy.

— Robert Gottlieb

The Christian experience, from start to finish, is a journey of faith.

— Watchman Nee

Christian perfection consists in three things: praying heroically, working heroically, and suffering heroically.

— Anthony Mary Claret

It's no longer enough to teach our children Bible stories; they need doctrine and apologetics.

— William Lane Craig

“Don’t let the door hit you where the Lord split you. —The gospel according to Elmer Stillman”

— Marie Force

For me growing up, I had a Christian upbringing, and I just noticed this Catholic influence in school.

— Hozier

I listen to jazz and gospel... yeah that's basically what I listen to.

— Anwar Robinson

“The biggest threat to the church today is fans who call themselves Christians but aren’t actually interested in following Christ.”

— Kyle Idleman

We only fully grasp the gospel when we understand, as Paul did, that we are the worst sinner we know

— Timothy Keller

A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality.

— Anonymous

Many Christians miss out on God encounters because they are satisfied with good theology.

— Bill Johnson