Christian living Quote by Alexander Strauch

The root-trouble of the present distress is that the Church has more faith in the world and the flesh than in the Holy Ghost,…

— Thomas Brooks

“It’s not always a bad thing to struggle. In fact, if you want to find the church alive, you look at places of struggle.…

— Shane Claiborne

A dull, dark, depressing day in Winter: the whole world looks like a Methodist church at Wednesday night prayer meeting.

— H. L. Mencken

“You live in a world where economic, political, and social conditions can be extremely dark and depressing without the hope and knowledge of Christ's…

— Sharon G. Samuelson

“Of course, I quite agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable comfort. But it does not begin…

— Anonymous

Nothing is more depressing and more illogical than aggressive Christianity.

— Gerald Vann

“I have observed a number of church people through the years who were grounded in biblical truth, faithful in church attendance, and models of…

— Judson Edwards

“Strictly speaking one ought to say that the Church is always in a state of crisis and that its greatest shortcoming is that it…

— Alan Hirsch

“The humdrum monotony and lifeless formality in the church has turned true Christianity out of doors.”

— Joey Zorina

“It seems to me that Christians in the West are being coddled. We suffer little in the name of Christ. Therefore, we read the…

— John Piper

It is a great tragedy when those who are afflicted with adversity or a source of hopelessness turn their backs on prayer. To their…

— David S. Baxter

The secular world looks to the church and to its chagrin, finds no love, no life, no laughter, no hope and no happiness.

— Rod Parsley