--- title: "15 Us Quotes By Eric Metaxas" description: "15 Us quotes by Eric Metaxas. Plus more from Eric Metaxas and more Us sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/eric-metaxas-1651_believers_all-of-us-believers-and-non-believers-de_3072379.png" --- > [All of us, believers and non-believers, desire some kind of fellowship and connection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/all-of-us-believers-and-non-believers-desire-some-kind-of-fellowship/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/eric-metaxas-1651_believers_all-of-us-believers-and-non-believers-de_3072379.png) > [I think that there are deceptive forces out there that will try to lead us away from God, and we really do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/i-think-that-there-are-deceptive-forces-out-there-that-will-try-to/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7d/eric-metaxas-1651_deceptive_i-think-that-there-are-deceptive-forces_771984.png) > [Thinking about the sins of others give us a feeling of moral superiority. But thinking about our own sins is a humbling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/thinking-about-the-sins-of-others-give-us-a-feeling-of-moral/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/eric-metaxas-1651_experience_thinking-about-the-sins-of-others-give-u_456688.png) > [Miracles seem to attest to the presence of a loving and compassionate God, one who wants to help us, who wants to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/miracles-seem-to-attest-to-the-presence-of-a-loving-and-compassionate/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/eric-metaxas-1651_god_miracles-seem-to-attest-to-the-presence_1570206.jpg) > [When you have a biblical idea of men's strength, you know that God only gives us anything good to be used for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/when-you-have-a-biblical-idea-of-men-s-strength-you-know-that-god/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/eric-metaxas-1651_bible_when-you-have-a-biblical-idea-of-men-s-s_429945.png) > [Work is not optional for those able to do work, and that's most of us. There are to be no shirkers in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/work-is-not-optional-for-those-able-to-do-work-and-that-s-most-of-us/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/eric-metaxas-1651_kingdom_work-is-not-optional-for-those-able-to-d_629528.png) > [Religious liberty is the salt and light that has made us the great nation we are in a whole number of ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/religious-liberty-is-the-salt-and-light-that-has-made-us-the-great/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/eric-metaxas-1651_freedom_religious-liberty-is-the-salt-and-light_100180.png) > [Here's one thing the media and all of us should learn: Trump is not wrong nearly as much as everybody says he's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/here-s-one-thing-the-media-and-all-of-us-should-learn-trump-is-not/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/eric-metaxas-1651_learn_here-s-one-thing-the-media-and-all-of-us_1963884.png) > [Miracles are signs, and like all signs, they are never about themselves; they're about whatever they are pointing toward. Miracles point to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/miracles-are-signs-and-like-all-signs-they-are-never-about-themselves/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/eric-metaxas-1651_another-world_miracles-are-signs-and-like-all-signs-th_1721758.jpg) > [If you accept my thesis that the universe and this earth are the most outrageous miracles by an infinite margin, then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/if-you-accept-my-thesis-that-the-universe-and-this-earth-are-the-most/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/eric-metaxas-1651_earth_if-you-accept-my-thesis-that-the-univers_367063.png) > [The familiar can feel good - especially with so much uncertainty when we turn on the news. But it doesn't uplift us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/the-familiar-can-feel-good-especially-with-so-much-uncertainty-when/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/eric-metaxas-1651_familiar_the-familiar-can-feel-good-especially-wi_2832857.png) > [Let me tell you something you already know: reading is critically important - especially for Christian believers. God, after all, reveals Himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/let-me-tell-you-something-you-already-know-reading-is-critically/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/eric-metaxas-1651_bible_let-me-tell-you-something-you-already-kn_1078993.jpg) > [For many of us, this is very painful, pulling the lever for someone many think odious. But please consider this: A vote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/for-many-of-us-this-is-very-painful-pulling-the-lever-for-someone/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/eric-metaxas-1651_donald-trump_for-many-of-us-this-is-very-painful-pull_2239125.jpg) > [Every single cell in each person's body tells us whether that person is a male or a female. There is no human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/every-single-cell-in-each-person-s-body-tells-us-whether-that-person/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a5/eric-metaxas-1651_body_every-single-cell-in-each-person-s-body_1320788.png) > [As Christians, we sin with anger because we lack faith in God's ability to provide for or protect us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/as-christians-we-sin-with-anger-because-we-lack-faith-in-god-s/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaf/eric-metaxas-1651_anger_as-christians-we-sin-with-anger-because_593272.png) ## Other authors on Us ## More by Eric Metaxas > [“If we believe miracles cannot happen today but happened to our distant ancestors, what we really seem to be saying is not that miracles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/if-we-believe-miracles-cannot-happen-today-but-happened-to-our/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“(Bonhoeffer's) change was not an ungainly, embarrassing leap from which he would have to retreat slightly when he gained more maturity and perspective. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/bonhoeffer-s-change-was-not-an-ungainly-embarrassing-leap-from-which/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [Religious liberty is the salt and light that has made us the great nation we are in a whole number of ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/religious-liberty-is-the-salt-and-light-that-has-made-us-the-great/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“But we know that true grace comes to us by costly sacrifice. And if God was willing to go to the cross and endure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/but-we-know-that-true-grace-comes-to-us-by-costly-sacrifice-and-if/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [Created in the awesome image of God, men and women know that life has a meaning beyond 'eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/created-in-the-awesome-image-of-god-men-and-women-know-that-life-has/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [I have no doubt, if people are really seeking the big questions, it will lead them to the Lord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/i-have-no-doubt-if-people-are-really-seeking-the-big-questions-it/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“human beings were taken from the earth and don’t just consist of thin air and thoughts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/human-beings-were-taken-from-the-earth-and-don-t-just-consist-of-thin/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“If you board the wrong train it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction. —DIETRICH BONHOEFFER”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/if-you-board-the-wrong-train-it-is-no-use-running-along-the-corridor/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“Some illustrations of the fine-tuning of our universe deal with the so-called four fundamental forces physicists talk about, and with which most laymen are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/some-illustrations-of-the-fine-tuning-of-our-universe-deal-with-the/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“Many years later, after Niemöller had been imprisoned for eight years in concentration camps as the personal prisoner of Adolf Hitler, he penned these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/many-years-later-after-niem-ller-had-been-imprisoned-for-eight-years/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [Today, Wilberforce University welcomes many of America's poorest and most underserved populations and transforms their educational dreams into realities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/today-wilberforce-university-welcomes-many-of-america-s-poorest-and/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“Although I know full well and hear every day that many people think little of me and say that I only write little pamphlets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/although-i-know-full-well-and-hear-every-day-that-many-people-think/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [“The line between courageous faith and foolish idealism is, almost by definition, one angstrom wide.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/the-line-between-courageous-faith-and-foolish-idealism-is-almost-by/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [Part of my life's thesis is that we live in a culture that has bought into the patently silly idea that there is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/part-of-my-life-s-thesis-is-that-we-live-in-a-culture-that-has-bought/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) > [God designed humans to live in community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/god-designed-humans-to-live-in-community/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/us/eric-metaxas/#itemlist", "name": "15 Us Quotes By Eric Metaxas", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All of 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