Arguing Quote by Philip Yancey Download Open image “No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.” — Philip Yancey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Arguing Argument Choices Christian Christianity Converting Inspirational Lost Religion Religious
People talk about preaching to the converted, which is total codswallop rubbish. There is no such thing as being converted forever - absolutely no… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
I believe in preaching to the converted; for I have generally found that the converted do not understand their own religion. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do not believe one can experience conversion or the fullness of the Christian life apart from the church. — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
The test of a man's conversion is whether he has enough Christianity to get it to other people. If he hasn't, there is something… — Sam Shoemaker Copy Share Image
One is not converted to christianity; one must be morbid enough for it. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
If conversion to Christianity makes no improvement in a man's outward actions – if he continues to be just a snobbish or spiteful or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I converted to Christianity because I was convinced by Jesus Christ as a character, as a personality. I loved him, his wisdom, his love,… — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
“As a Muslim author crowed a few years afterward, Christianity was self-evidently the religion of losers: “[Islam] has blotted out their strong and well… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
That conversion which is all joy and lacks sorrow for sin, is very questionable. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“No nation, and few individuals, are really brought into [God's] camp by the historical study of the biography of Jesus, simply as biography. The… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The conversion of a savage to Christianity is the conversion of Christianity to savagery. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“God reproduces and lives out His image in millions of ordinary people like us. It is a supreme mystery. We are called to bear… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Curiously, the righteous Pharisees had little historical impact, save for a brief time in a remote corner of the Roman Empire. But Jesus' disciples… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back. — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“I have marveled at, and sometimes openly questioned, the self-restraint God has shown throughout history, allowing the Genghis Khans and the Hitlers and the… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
C. S. Lewis observed that almost all crimes of Christian history have come about when religion is confused with politics. Politics, which always runs… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group:… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
We preach sermons, write books on apologetics, conduct city-wide evangelistic campaigns. For those alienated from the church, that approach no longer has the same… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I begin with confession not in order to feel miserable, rather to call to mind a reality I often ignore. When I acknowledge where… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you disagree with.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Men are fair, and they have learned not to personalize anger - they can disagree with you and argue to the bone, but afterward… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Fasting is required, staying away from fighting and arguing and bombing of masjids is still going on. Hatred is still manifested between Sunni and… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
The problem for the Left, however, is that the moment it stops painting the Right as vile, it has to argue the issues. — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
You can argue that the Terminator movies reboot their world each time they go back in time, but that doesn't negate the value of… — David Hayter Copy Share Image
We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I'm a very serious person, but I don't take myself very seriously and I would rather laugh all day than argue. — Stone Cold Steve Austin Copy Share Image
These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs… — John Milton Copy Share Image
