And love Quote by Thomas Merton

If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen-nothing else matters.

— Jaroslav Pelikan

“The farther you get from the actual historical person of Jesus and His time, the more the church knows about Jesus and understand more…

— Megan McKenna

“For Christians, then, Christ’s justification, given with his resurrection, becomes theirs. When they are united to the resurrected and justified Christ by faith, his…

— Richard B. Jr. Gaffin

The law sends us to Christ to be justified, and Christ sends us to the law to be regulated.

— John Flavel

Christ is born: glorify Him. Christ comes from heaven: go out to meet Him. Christ descends to earth: let us be raised on high.

— Gregory of Nazianzus

“Most important of all, individual believers can experience the power of the risen Christ in their lives today. First of all, they can know…

— Josh McDowell

“The duty of a Christian is to obey Jesus Christ.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“The significance of the resurrection claim within “true” Christian descriptions of the self, world and God is that, despite how tragic and hopeless present…

— Cornel West

“The Risen Christ is the standing icon of humanity in its final and full destiny. He is the pledge and guarantee of what God…

— Richard Rohr

“For Christians, then, Christ’s justification, given with his resurrection, becomes theirs.”

— Richard B. Jr. Gaffin

To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by…

— John Calvin

The conscious attempt to be a good person without Christ is as legalistic as an attempt to make it into Heaven through empty religiosity.

— Criss Jami