Earth Quote by Philip Yancey

From the Crusades, to the Inquisition, to American politics--the name of Jesus had been hijacked as an ally in all kinds of power struggles.…

— Dan Brown

“The disciples of Jesus “found themselves thinking that if divine goodness were to manifest itself in human form, this (he) is how it would…

— Huston Smith

Jesus almost never talked in terms of explaining. He was always using enigmatic stories and difficult metaphors. He was always pulling people into some…

— Eugene H. Peterson

Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person.

— M. Scott Peck

“... if history is told correctly, no man has caused the worldwide stir that Jesus Christ did 2000 years ago... Jesus was the non-conformist…

— DC Talk

“Jesus’ example is one of patience and keeping the peace. He was never argumentative or disrespectful. Never rolled His eyes or sighed with exasperation.…

— Lee Peoples

“The reason why Jesus got into such severe trouble was that he tried to bring into the present a construction of the world, of…

— Don Cupitt

We may note in passing that He (Jesus) was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect on any…

— C. S. Lewis

“When we imagine Jesus’ teaching in his own time and place, W ca we cannot use profiles of teachers from our own world to…

— Gary M. Burge

“[Teaching] was hard. Some of the kids were needy and vulnerable and depressed, with faces of dubious, aged concern, rumpled foreheads, downcast or shuttered…

— Anne Lamott

Jesus was a master of grace: he attracted sinners and moral outcasts even as he offended the religious and responsible people of his day.

— Philip Yancey

We might imagine that Jesus had many human faults. He failed most humanly, in my reckoning, when he killed the fig tree just because…

— Michael Leunig