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Christian Quotes by Elisabeth Elliot
- If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is…
- The world is full of noise. Might we not set ourselves to learn silence, stillness solitude?
- All our problems are theological ones, William Temple said. All of them have to do with our relationship to God and his to us, and…
- Are you afraid? Remember the "fear nots" of the Bible.
- For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me today to offer…
- You will never understand why God does what He does, but if you believe Him, that is all that is necessary. Let us learn to…
- Discipline, for the Christian, begins with the body. We have only one. It is this body that is the primary material given to us for…
- Prostitutes dress obviously, so as to draw attention. It's their business, isn't it? The last thing that a Christian woman is thinking of is being…
- I asked Him to give me the prayers He wants me to pray and to give or withhold anything according to his plan for me.…
- The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes…
- Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully…
- It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while He is the end of our journey, He is also at every stopping…
- Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
- The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost for…
- The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed…
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- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. — Saint Augustine
- No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more. — Saint Augustine
- The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion… — Saint Augustine
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila
- I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of… — Michele Bachmann
- In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
- I'm a Jewish born-again Christian. — Stephen Baldwin
- The Christian response is contained in these two fundamental dogmas: that of the Trinity and that of the Incarnation. In the trinitarian… — Hans Urs von Balthasar