Jesus reveals a God who does not demand but who gives; who does not oppress but who raises up; who does not… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
On the day I die, I know where I'm gonna go. Me and Jesus got that part worked out. I'll wait at… — Eric Church Copy Share Image
God's hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Church practice has been more influenced by Plato than by Jesus. We invariably prefer the universal synthesis, the answer that settles all… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Therefore, those of you searching for something larger, faster, and more significant, who feel that if you could just be somewhere else… — Zack Eswine Copy Share Image
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And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
Fine. Let Ranger get someone else. Trust me, you don't want to be out looking for a parking place on Sloane in… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
When I was about five, I gave my heart to Jesus Christ, and since then it's just been a stronghold in my… — Bethany Hamilton Copy Share Image
I don't think we've got the gospel right yet. What does it mean to be 'saved'? When I read the Bible, I… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
That's why we cannot love, because with the ego, love is impossible. That's why we go on talking so much about love,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The American Dream is individualistic. Martin Luther King's dream was collective. The American Dream says, "I can engage in upward mobility and… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ was willing to admit every good man to the family of God. It is not the man who believes a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“How do you wipe away pain? You don’t. You put in tenderness, compassion and joy. You cling to hope and then you… — Jocelyn Soriano Copy Share Image
Christianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
To withdraw from creatures and repose with Jesus in the Tabernacle is my delight; there I can hide myself and seek rest.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jesus was not content to derive his ethics from the scriptures of his upbringing. He explicitly departed from them. [...] Since a… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
By definition, if man contributes anything toward acceptance by God, he loses everything. God expects man to be the recipient, not the… — Max Anders Copy Share Image
“A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have now been an officer in this Church for a very long time. I am an old man who cannot deny… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
If all the evidence is weighed carefully and fairly, it is indeed justifiable, according to the canons of historical research, to conclude… — Paul L. Maier Copy Share Image
Reading the Bible is the fast track to atheism. Reading the Bible means starting at "In the beginning..." and throwing it down… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
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I don't have the faith now. I certainly believe in Jesus - you know, that he existed and he was a very… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
“Jesus must have had man hands. He was a carpenter, the Bible tells us. I know a few carpenters, and they have… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
Faith is the avenue to salvation. Not intellectual understanding. Not money. Not your works. Just simple faith. How much faith? The faith… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
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Called on the people of New Hampshire . . . to confess before God their aggravated transgressions and to implore His pardon… — Josiah Bartlett Copy Share Image
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sends forth to you an earnest appeal. Open your doors to the missionaries. Open… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
We impose our modern worldview on the Bible to make it conform to our intellectual happy place. But we deceive ourselves into… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
“The Christ of Nicea is obviously a far cry from the historical Jesus of Nazareth, an itinerant apocalyptic preacher in the backwaters… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
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Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
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Jesus Christ said more about money than about any other single thing because, when it comes to a man's real nature, money… — Richard Halverson Copy Share Image
Where possible Paul avoids quoting the teaching of Jesus, in fact even mentioning it. If we had to rely on Paul, we… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
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![“God's hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but what' we are in the Lord Jesus; both our persons and our prayers are acceptable in the beloved [Eph 1.6].” quote by Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/thomas-brooks-2757_acceptable_god-s-hearing-of-our-prayers-doth-not-de_1518560.png)
![“Jesus was not content to derive his ethics from the scriptures of his upbringing. He explicitly departed from them. [...] Since a principal thesis of this chapter is that we do not, and should not, derive our morals from scripture, Jesus has to be honoured as a model for that very thesis.” quote by Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/richard-dawkins-115_chapters_jesus-was-not-content-to-derive-his-ethi_1062044.jpg)
![“Called on the people of New Hampshire . . . to confess before God their aggravated transgressions and to implore His pardon and forgiveness through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ . . . [t]hat the knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ may be made known to all nations, pure and undefiled…” quote by Josiah Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/josiah-bartlett-62321_aggravated_called-on-the-people-of-new-hampshire-to_579096.jpg)
