About Quote by Elaine Pagels

One of the greatest foes of the Christian is religious complacency.. Orthodox Christianity has fallen to its present low estate from lack of spiritual…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

The orthodox faith painted God as a revengeful being, and yet people talk about loving such a being.

— P. T. Barnum

Many, however, gives themselves to God, but preserve still in their hearts some attachment to creatures, which prevents them from belonging entirely to God.

— Alphonsus Liguori

“Biblical orthodoxy can offer real compassion, because in our struggle against sin, we cannot undermine God's power to change lives.”

— Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

The early doctrines of the church, even doctrines like Trinity and Incarnation were originally also calls for action, calls for selflessness, calls for compassion,…

— Karen Armstrong

“D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones taught that the gospel emphasis on grace could be lost in several ways. A church might simply become heterodox — losing…

— Timothy Keller

“Evangelicals tend to be “crucicentric,” which means “centered on the cross.” And we fail to see the comprehensive nature of Christ’s work. As the…

— Gary M. Burge

The present custom of orthodox Christendom, in packing their sins upon the back of a God, is just the same substantially as that of…

— Kersey Graves

“Saint Augustine proliferated central theological and political doctrines of the Church, following Saint Paul closely. History is the scene of the struggle between the…

— Norman F. Cantor

“In my mortal life, I saw mainly those texts that the church sanctioned--the gospels and the Orthodox commentary on them, for example. These works…

— Elizabeth Kostova

Sporadic and shallow dipping in the doctrine of Christ and partial participation in His restored Church cannot produce the spiritual transformation that enables us…

— David A. Bednar

After listening to modern tirades against the great creeds of the Church, one receives a shock when one turns to the Westminster Confession... and…

— John Gresham Machen