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title: "19 Means Christian Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Means Christian quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Means Christian sayings and thoughts."
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> [In order to experience and understand what it means to be a Christian, it is always necessary to recognize a definite historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-baptist-metz/in-order-to-experience-and-understand-what-it-means-to-be-a-christian/)

[Johann Baptist Metz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-baptist-metz/)

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> [“That he who means to be a Christian indeed, must endeavour to maintain the power of holiness and righteousness in his life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gurnall/that-he-who-means-to-be-a-christian-indeed-must-endeavour-to-maintain/)

[William Gurnall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gurnall/)

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> [I am trying to understand what it means to be a Christian without being religious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/i-am-trying-to-understand-what-it-means-to-be-a-christian-without/)

[John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/)

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> [Creeds are definitions of what it means to be a Christian. They are fences that, albeit imperfectly, seek to separate sheep from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-jr/creeds-are-definitions-of-what-it-means-to-be-a-christian-they-are/)

[R. C. Sproul, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-jr/)

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> [If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/if-you-ask-three-people-what-it-means-to-be-christian-you-will-get/)

[Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/)

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> [“We have raised the bar so high on how church is done that few believe they could ever do it themselves. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cole/we-have-raised-the-bar-so-high-on-how-church-is-done-that-few-believe/)

[Neil Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cole/)

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> [I think it is valuable to be poked at and I think - and this is obviously where things are headed. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-vischer/i-think-it-is-valuable-to-be-poked-at-and-i-think-and-this-is/)

[Phil Vischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-vischer/)

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> [If I try to understand what it means to be a Christian, I look at the two instructions that were given in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-cockburn/if-i-try-to-understand-what-it-means-to-be-a-christian-i-look-at-the/)

[Bruce Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-cockburn/)

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> [The journey begins, though, with understanding what it means to be a christian. To say you believe in Jesus apart from conversion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-platt/the-journey-begins-though-with-understanding-what-it-means-to-be-a/)

[David Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-platt/)

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> [It's an ironic thing about being an immigrant kid, growing up - 'cause I grew up in the UK and went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aasif-mandvi/it-s-an-ironic-thing-about-being-an-immigrant-kid-growing-up-cause-i/)

[Aasif Mandvi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aasif-mandvi/)

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> [I like how someone once said being a Christian is not about having new ideas but having new eyes. This is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-like-how-someone-once-said-being-a-christian-is-not-about-having/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

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> [“In teaching people what it means to be a Christian, we spend much of our time and effort bringing them to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-idleman/in-teaching-people-what-it-means-to-be-a-christian-we-spend-much-of/)

[Kyle Idleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-idleman/)

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> [“Many of us don't even know what it means to have a Christian perspective on our work. Oh, we know that being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearcey/many-of-us-don-t-even-know-what-it-means-to-have-a-christian/)

[Nancy Pearcey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearcey/)

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> [Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for pleasure. Made for justice, we clamor for vengeance. Made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/made-for-spirituality-we-wallow-in-introspection-made-for-joy-we-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [If the Christian church is to move responsibly towards the future, it must restore or renew its ties with its past. Contemporary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-h-nash/if-the-christian-church-is-to-move-responsibly-towards-the-future-it/)

[Ronald H. Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-h-nash/)

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> [“Paul is not saying that I must have nothing to do with the people and things of the world. Ironically, if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-j-keller/paul-is-not-saying-that-i-must-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-people-and/)

[Timothy J. Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-j-keller/)

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> [The Christian who drinks cannot win his drinking companions to Christ. The girl who dances will never win her dancing boyfriend! You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-rice/the-christian-who-drinks-cannot-win-his-drinking-companions-to-christ/)

[John R. Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-rice/)

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> [“Remember, the people who know me are the ones who are free to live and love without any agenda." "Is that what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-p-young/remember-the-people-who-know-me-are-the-ones-who-are-free-to-live-and/)

[William P. Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-p-young/)

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> [“The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that He lived, died, and rose again with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/the-gospel-is-absurd-and-the-life-of-jesus-is-meaningless-unless-we/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

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                        "text": "Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for pleasure. Made for justice, we clamor for vengeance. Made for relationship, we insist on our own way. Made for beauty, we are satisfied with sentiment. But new creation has already begun. The sun has begun to rise. Christians are called to leave behind, in the tomb of Jesus Christ, all that belongs to the brokenness and incompleteness of the present world ... That, quite simply, is what it means to be Christian: to follow Jesus Christ into the new world, God's new world, which he has thrown open before us.",
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                        "text": "If the Christian church is to move responsibly towards the future, it must restore or renew its ties with its past. Contemporary Catholic and Protestant radicals want to claim that Christianity means whatever Christian today happen to believe and practice, be it pantheism, unitarianism, or sodomy. The Christian faith has suffered immeasurable harm because of the tendency of people to use the word Christian in a careless and non-historical way. Nothing in this argument would preclude liberal Protestants and Catholics from developing and practicing any religion they like.",
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                        "text": "The Christian who drinks cannot win his drinking companions to Christ. The girl who dances will never win her dancing boyfriend! You may think to gain favor and influence with the unsaved by joining with them in the lodge, or attending with them the movies, or by smoking or drinking or playing bridge with them, but you cannot! Worldliness means powerlessness! And that means that every Christian who sells out is guilty of the murder of the poor lost souls that go to Hell because he lost his influence.",
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                        "text": "“Remember, the people who know me are the ones who are free to live and love without any agenda.\" \"Is that what it means to be a Christian?\" It sounded kind of stupid as Mack said it, but it was how he was trying to sum everything up in his mind. \"Who said anything about being a Christian? I'm not a Christian.\" The idea struck Mack as odd and unexpected and he couldn't keep himself from grinning. \"No, I suppose you aren't.\" They arrived at the door of the workshop. Again Jesus stopped. \"Those who love me come from every system that exists. They were Buddhists or Mormons, Baptists or Muslim, Democrats, Republicans, and many who don't vote or are not part of any Sunday morning religious institutions. I have followers who were murderers and many who were self-righteous. Some were bankers and bookies, Americans and Iraquis, Jews and Palistinians. I have no desire to make them Christian, but I do want to join them in their transformation into sons and daughters of my Papa, into my brothers and sisters, into my Beloved.\" \"Does that mean,\" asked Mack, \"that all roads will lead to you?\" \"Not at all,\" smiled Jesus as he reached for the door handle to the shop. \"Most roads don't lead anywhere. What it does mean is that I will travel any road to find you.”",
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