Christian Quote by Tremper Longman III Download Open image ““the proper posture of the Christian is to improvise rather than simply to perform the”” — Tremper Longman III ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Christian
“Surely the principles as well as the practice of Christianity are simple and lead not to meditation only, but to action.” — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“...part of your responsibility in the body of Christ is to help set the pace for the church by listening and obeying and living… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“Few practices will energize and affect your Christian life as much as sitting attentively under faithful preaching.” — David Mathis Copy Share Image
“The author chuckles at the resistance to using a prepared, written liturgy in prayer. He compares it to being unwilling to dress in any… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“As Christians, we needn’t be at all ashamed of some impatience, longing, opposition to what is unnatural, and our full share of desire for… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Most Christians are satisfied living their entire lives as common Christians. They never experience the richness of what it truly means to be a… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
“That he who means to be a Christian indeed, must endeavour to maintain the power of holiness and righteousness in his life and conversation.” — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
“Each act of obedience by the Christian is a modest proof, unequivocal for all its imperfection, of the reality of what he attests."1” — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“We believe that if the Bible is God speaking, then the most important posture of the Christian before the Bible is to listen.” — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“God Himself teaches us to go forward with our hand in His by means of the Church’s liturgy.” — Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Copy Share Image
“We do not read the Bible aright until we learn to read it as the Story of Israel that comes to completion — fulfillment… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“We believe that if the Bible is God speaking, then the most important posture of the Christian before the Bible is to listen.” — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“Everything that he had had was a gift from God, given to him during his life. He came into the world with nothing (naked).… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“The presence of [precious] materials in the wilderness can be explained only as a result of the so-called plundering of the Egyptians (Ex. 12:33-35).… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“The author(s) of the Pentateuch believed that God actually created the universe in the past, Abraham migrated from Mesopotamia to Palestine, Moses parted the… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“if we follow the example of the psalmist The Psalms are an honest expression of emotions.” — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“1–2. Job speaks. At the conclusion of the epilogue, we heard that Job sat in silence with his three friends for seven days. The… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“Worship in many churches is a spectator sport. If we listen to the commands of the psalmist, our worship will radically change.” — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“Thus one of the important contributions of the book of Job (as well as Ecclesiastes)[108] is to undermine the idea that retribution theology works… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
“A question for Christians who accept evolution: When did we gain a "soul"? Did Homo habilis have a soul? Homo ergaster? Did God only… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
Always have the fear of God in your heart, and remember that God is always with you, everywhere, whether you are walking or sitting. — Gennadius of Constantinople Copy Share Image
For many, the call to be a Christian can seem demanding, even overwhelming. But we need not be afraid or feel inadequate. The Savior… — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
A real Christian in an odd number anyway. He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, talks familiarly every day to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When the Lord Jesus Christ became my surety . . . He went to Calvary's cross, and all my guilt was charged against Him.… — Henry Allen Ironside Copy Share Image
The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word. Its strains… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image