Blood Quote by Mark Dever Download Open image “Christians are defined not by our heritage, but by our mission; not by our blood, but by His.” — Mark Dever ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Blood Christian Christianity Defined Goals Heritage Missions
There is enough Christianity in our country's history to make it a significant component of our heritage and identity. — Joel Hunter Copy Share Image
What defines us as Christians is not most profoundly that we have come to know him but that he took note of us and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Christians are called to redeem entire cultures, not just individuals. — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
“The recognition of a distinct 'national identity' among members of the Body of Christ can keep before us our ties with Christians who live… — Richard J. Mouw Copy Share Image
“Christians can no longer refer to 'our troops' or 'our history' because of their new identity. Fabricated boundaries and walls are removed for the Christian. One's neighbor is not only from Chicago but also from Baghdad. One's brother or sister in the church could be from Iran or California—no difference! Our family is transnational and borderless; we are in Iraq,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share
I think that as a Christian, we're to be a light in this world. I think it's almost like saying "Christian American," it doesn't… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation — at least, not just. We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Just because we live in a Christian era doesn't mean we're all Christian, necessarily. — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Then, certainly, to be a Christian is to love God above all, and our neighbour as ourselves. — Elias Hicks Copy Share Image
Of course we're Christian. The very name of the church declares that. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“not the writings that come from prophets inspired by the one true God revealed in Jesus Christ, then why do we find those passages… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I think it's unhelpful to suggest that the task of evangelism is essentially the responsibility of ministers. — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense. — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary scene. — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I assume that normally the Lord will be bringing people to himself through the instrumentality of the preached word. However, we have to be… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
“The motive for discipling others begins in the love of God and nothing less. He has loved us in Christ, and so we love… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
If joy or urgency are missing from our presentation of the gospel, then our testimony to Christ will be missing that sort of fullness… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
“Yet the Bible teaches that the local church is the natural environment for discipling. In fact, it teaches that the local church is itself the basic discipler of Christians. It does this through its weekly gatherings and its accountability structures (this chapter), as well as its elders and its members (next chapter). These in turn provide the context for the… — Mark Dever Copy Share
Some believers are faithful in the way that they live, but at the end of the day, they will not share the gospel with… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone twice your size who wants to pound you into the earth - it feels as if you're being injected with darkness. It's like black water as cold as ice settling in your body where your blood… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share
Ye youths and virgins, when your generous blood Has drunk the warmth of fifteen summers, now The loves invite; now to new rapture wakes… — John Armstrong Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I have no intention of retiring. Even my blood sugar is better when I'm working. — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
What about you three, where are you going?" Even before Halt answered, Will knew what he was going to say. But that didn't make… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I don't think you should ever say, 'This is the last time'. Music isn't like that. You'll be sitting there not wishing to get… — Roger Daltrey Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution of our country with our dearest domestic ties; adopting our fundamental laws into the bosom of our family affections; keeping inseparable and cherishing with the warmth of all their combined and mutually reflected charities, our state,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share
I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run… — Harbhajan Singh Copy Share Image
Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since… — Alexander the Great Copy Share