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Jesus Quotes by Richard Rohr
- Christianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made it into an…
- Church practice has been more influenced by Plato than by Jesus. We invariably prefer the universal synthesis, the answer that settles all the dust and…
- Jesus praised faith and trust – even more than love. It takes a foundational trust to fall, or to fail, and not to fall apart.
- Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity; Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God
- Worship of Jesus is rather harmless and risk-free; actually following Jesus changes everything.
- Jesus is never upset at sinners; he is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners.
- If God is Trinity and Jesus is the face of God, then it is a benevolent universe. God is not someone to be afraid of,…
- The Eucharist becomes a microcosmic moment of belief and power in which we say we believe in the real presence of God in Jesus, in…
- Advent is not about a sentimental waiting for the Baby Jesus,
- Jesus is the very concrete truth revealing and standing in for the universal truth.
- The same powerful Scripture text that brings a loving person to even greater love will be mangled and misused by a fearful or egocentric person.…
- Jesus liberated us from religion. Jesus taught simple religious practices over major theorizing.Â… The only thoughts Jesus told us to police were our own: our…
- The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfection—and told us that we…
- Jesus is much more concerned about shaking your foundations, giving you an utterly alternative self image, world image, and God image, and thus reframing your…
More Jesus Quotes
- Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied… — Karen Armstrong
- What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of… — Teresa of Avila
- If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps… — Teresa of Avila
- Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not… — Teresa of Avila
- Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because… — Teresa of Avila
- You know what I'm doing starting 1st November? Jesus Christ Superstar. — Sebastian Bach
- The world defines 'waste' very differently than Jesus does. — Michele Bachmann
- Jesus isn't a logo, I'm not promoting some company, some brand. I'm just professing my faith. — Stephen Baldwin
- Loving Jesus is what's most important to me. I know it sounds hokey, but it's the truth. — Stephen Baldwin
- Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained to a… — William Barclay
- Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way. — Karl Barth