--- title: "7 Christians Try Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Christians Try quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Christians Try sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/timothy-keller-240_answers_i-ve-heard-plenty-of-christians-try-to-a_592316.jpg" --- > [I've heard plenty of Christians try to answer the why question by going back to the what. "You have to believe because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/i-ve-heard-plenty-of-christians-try-to-answer-the-why-question-by/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/timothy-keller-240_answers_i-ve-heard-plenty-of-christians-try-to-a_592316.jpg) > [I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bradlaugh/i-cannot-follow-you-christians-for-you-try-to-crawl-through-your-life/) [Charles Bradlaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bradlaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/charles-bradlaugh-18720_christianity_i-cannot-follow-you-christians-for-you-t_1777519.jpg) > [Some Christians try to go to heaven alone, in solitude; but believers are not compared to bears, or lions, or other animals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/some-christians-try-to-go-to-heaven-alone-in-solitude-but-believers/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/charles-spurgeon-82_animal_some-christians-try-to-go-to-heaven-alon_2016754.jpg) > [“...Our challenge as Christians is not to try to convert people around us to our way of belief but to love them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-main/our-challenge-as-christians-is-not-to-try-to-convert-people-around-us/) [John Main](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-main/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e32/john-main-42440_christianity_our-challenge-as-christians-is-not-to-tr_2020362.jpg) > [As Christians try to force prayer into public schools, they often settle for a 'moment of silence.' But that supposedly innocuous 'moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hayes/as-christians-try-to-force-prayer-into-public-schools-they-often/) [Judith Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/judith-hayes-45160_atheism_as-christians-try-to-force-prayer-into-p_2122255.jpg) > [“When Christians try to celebrate the Lord's Supper as anything besides a fellowship of believers, it's a sign that their faith and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-mims/when-christians-try-to-celebrate-the-lord-s-supper-as-anything/) [Gene Mims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-mims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/gene-mims-72902_christianity_when-christians-try-to-celebrate-the-lor_2190848.jpg) > [I think most non-Christians who try to be good people are probably better Christians than Christians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kantner/i-think-most-non-christians-who-try-to-be-good-people-are-probably/) [Paul Kantner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kantner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/paul-kantner-22989_be-good_i-think-most-non-christians-who-try-to-b_3021115.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christians-try/#itemlist", "name": "Christians Try Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've heard plenty of Christians try to answer the why question by going back to the what. \"You have to believe because Jesus is the Son of God.\" But that's answering the why with more what. Increasingly we live in a time in which you can't avoid the why question. Just giving the what (for example, a vivid gospel presentation) worked in the days when the cultural institutions created an environment in which Christianity just felt true or at least honorable. 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