Christianity Quotes - Page 16

• If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be — a Christian.

  Mark Twain

  Christian, Religious, Religion

  "Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations".

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• There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.

  Richard Sibbes

  Christian, Religious, Jesus

  Richard Sibbes (1995). “Light from Heaven”, p.15, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.

  Jaroslav Pelikan

  Life, Death, Faith

  Jaroslav Pelikan, Valerie R. Hotchkiss, Patrick Henry (2005). “Orthodoxy & Western Culture: A Collection of Essays Honoring Jaroslav Pelikan on His Eightieth Birthday”, p.16, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

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• The carnal person fears man, not God. The strong Christian fears God, not man. The weak Christian fears man too much, and God too little.

  John Flavel

  God, Christian, Strong

  John Flavel (1770). “The whole works of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel ...”, p.4

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• The born-again Christian sees life not as a blurred , confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful.

  Billy Graham

  Life, Faith, God

  Billy Graham (2006). “Hope for Each Day: Words of Wisdom and Faith”, p.22, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Your life is not your own: it belongs to God. To "be yourself" is to be and do what God wants you to be and do, knowing that God created you for a mission and knows you and your mission better than you do.

  Leonard Sweet

  Life, God, Christian

  Leonard Sweet (2002). “Soulsalsa: 17 Surprising Steps for Godly Living in the 21st Century”, p.11, Harper Collins

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  To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

  C. S. Lewis

  Forgiveness, God, Christian

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• Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Jesus, Two, Trying

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• He who loves not lives not.

  Ramon Llull

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• God helps those who help themselves.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Success, Bible, God

  Jack Vincent, Benjamin Franklin (2010). “Benjamin Franklin's the Way to Wealth”, p.29, The Way to Wealth

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• Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2010). “In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories & Prayers (Easyread Large Edition)”, p.6, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.

  Denzel Washington

  God, Christian, Religious

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Soul, Preparation

  Rick Warren (2011). “What on Earth Am I Here For? Purpose Driven Life”, p.18, Harper Collins

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• Don’t concern yourself with being right in others’ eyes. And don’t secretly hope that their lives will fall apart so that your opinion will be vindicated. Instead, concentrate on obeying God in your own life and, when possible, helping others to obey Him as well. You don’t have to prove others wrong to continue on the course you know God has shown you.

  Joshua Harris

  Life, God, Christian

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• Christianity is a battle, not a dream.

  Wendell Phillips

  Inspirational, Christian, Dream

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• There is no circumstance, no trouble, no testing, that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ, right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with great purpose.

  Alan Redpath

  God, Christian, Jesus

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• I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

  Thomas Jefferson

  God, Country, War

  Notes on the State of Virginia, query 18 (1781 - 1785)

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• We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world - including in my own country.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Appreciation, Islamic

  President Obama's remarks to the Turkish Parliament, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 6, 2009.

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• Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Children, Hypocrite

  Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia II, Correspondence 1782-1786”, p.80, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

  Irving Babbitt

  Lust, Three, Type

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• It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it (i.e. the Book of Revelations), and I then considered it merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherence of our own nightly dreams.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Dream, Religious, Book

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• Prayer is not trying to twist God’s arm to make Him do something. Prayer is receiving by faith what He has already done!

  Andrew Wommack

  God, Faith, Christian

  FaceBook post by Andrew Wommack Ministries from Aug 11, 2016

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• Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.

  Jacques Maritain

  Faith, Love Is, Men

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• The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Christian, Friday, Atheist

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• The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and in-grafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against the civil and religious rights of man.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Men, Rights

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.172, Cambridge University Press

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