--- title: "8 Important Christian Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Important Christian quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Important Christian sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ef/william-sloane-coffin-4839_gratitude_joy-is-the-most-important-christian-emot_48826.png" --- > [“Joy is the most important Christian emotion. Duty calls only when gratitude fails to prompt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/joy-is-the-most-important-christian-emotion-duty-calls-only-when/) [William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ef/william-sloane-coffin-4839_gratitude_joy-is-the-most-important-christian-emot_48826.png) > [I don't play baseball first. I put Christ first in my life. I put my family behind Him and I put baseball…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-teixeira/i-don-t-play-baseball-first-i-put-christ-first-in-my-life-i-put-my/) [Mark Teixeira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-teixeira/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/mark-teixeira-10527_baseball_i-don-t-play-baseball-first-i-put-christ_108334.png) > [“Or more important, I an a Christian (which can be deduced from my stories), and in fact a Roman Catholic. The latter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien/or-more-important-i-an-a-christian-which-can-be-deduced-from-my/) [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/j-r-r-tolkien-204_catholic_or-more-important-i-an-a-christian-which_536241.jpg) > [It is important for those of us who are Christian to remember that our physical lives don't last forever. Our souls will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-huffington/it-is-important-for-those-of-us-who-are-christian-to-remember-that/) [Michael Huffington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-huffington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a48/michael-huffington-38448_bodies_it-is-important-for-those-of-us-who-are_1038421.jpg) > [No work of art is more important than the Christian's life, and every Christian is called to be an artist in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-schaeffer/no-work-of-art-is-more-important-than-the-christian-s-life-and-every/) [Francis Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-schaeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/francis-schaeffer-2607_art_no-work-of-art-is-more-important-than-th_1233294.jpg) > [“Being a member of a local church is not very important to most professing Christians today. Church hopping and shopping are common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-platt/being-a-member-of-a-local-church-is-not-very-important-to-most/) [David Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-platt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/david-platt-1251_christianity_being-a-member-of-a-local-church-is-not_1976354.jpg) > [I like doves. They look so beautiful, like a woman. For me they represent peace and love and purity. And sometimes they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-woo/i-like-doves-they-look-so-beautiful-like-a-woman-for-me-they/) [John Woo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-woo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/john-woo-29420_and-love_i-like-doves-they-look-so-beautiful-like_2108156.jpg) > [The most important Christian Education institution is not the pulpit or the school, important as those institutions are; but it is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gresham-machen/the-most-important-christian-education-institution-is-not-the-pulpit/) [John Gresham Machen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gresham-machen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/john-gresham-machen-19008_cease_the-most-important-christian-education-i_2150669.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/important-christian/#itemlist", "name": "Important Christian Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Joy is the most important Christian emotion. 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