Christianity Quotes - Page 4

• Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Faith, Christian, Jesus

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson”, p.349

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• God is more concerned with conforming me to the likeness of His Son than leaving me in my comfort zones. God is more interested in inward qualities than outward circumstances - things like refining my faith, humbling my heart, cleaning up my thought life and strengthening my character.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  God, Faith, Christian

  Joni Eareckson Tada, Steven Estes (1997). “When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty”, p.121, Harper Collins

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• He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

  Jim Elliot

  Inspirational, Motivational, Christian

  "Blessed are the Persecuted". Sermon by Pastor Jason Lim, gospellight.sg. July 09, 2017.

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• Christianity [is] a rebellion against natural law, a protest against nature.

  Adolf Hitler

  Law, Rebellion, Natural

  Adolf Hitler (1953). “Secret Conversations, 1941-1944”

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• The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians.

  H. L. Mencken

  Christian, Freedom, Democracy

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  One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Godly, Christian Inspirational, Obedience

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• You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Running, Fire, Christian Inspirational

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• And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.

  C. S. Lewis

  God, War, Ambition

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.109, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Life, Time, Godly

  Thomas Jefferson (1774). “A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774)”, p.31, Academic Resources Corp

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• Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Christian, Wisdom, Religious

  "Points of friction". Book by Agnes Repplier, "Consolations of the Conservative", 1920.

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• For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round" - 1 Nephi 10:19

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Inspirational, God, Christian

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• Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

  C. S. Lewis

  Faith, Religious, Catholic

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• The whole history of these books (i.e. the Gospels) is so defective and doubtful that it seems vain to attempt minute enquiry into it: and such tricks have been played with their text, and with the texts of other books relating to them, that we have a right, from that cause, to entertain much doubt what parts of them are genuine. In the New Testament there is internal evidence that parts of it have proceeded from an extraordinary man; and that other parts are of the fabric of very inferior minds. It is as easy to separate those parts, as to pick out diamonds from dunghills.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Book, Men

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• The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam

  Barack Obama

  Mind Blowing, Islam, Hussein

  "Obama U.N. Speech: A New Religion Doctrine" by Lauren Markoe, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 27, 2012.

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• Those opposed to abortion cannot simply invoke God's will-they have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths.

  Barack Obama

  Muslim Faith, People, Abortion

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• America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

  Barack Obama

  America, Justice, Mind Blowing

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• If we want to be known in heaven and feared in hell we must be willing to lose our reputation here on earth.

  Loren Cunningham

  Christian, Fear, Heaven

  Loren Cunningham (1997). “Making Jesus Lord: The Dynamic Power of Laying Down Your Rights”, p.70, YWAM Publishing

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• Love the sinner, hate the sin? How about: Love the sinner, hate your own sin! I don't have time to hate your sin. There are too many of you! Hating my sin is a full-time job. How about you hate your sin, I'll hate my sin and let's just love each other!

  Mark Lowry

  Love, Christian, Time

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• If Christianity is valid, why is there so much evil in the world?" To this the famous preacher replied, "With so much soap, why are there so many dirty people in the world? Christianity, like soap, must be personally applied if it is to make a difference in our lives.

  Billy Graham

  Dirty, Differences, People

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• I once read in a Bible commentary that the word "Christian" means "little Christs." What an honor to share Christ's name! We can be bold to call ourselves Christians and bear the stamp of his character and reputation. When people find out the you are a Christian, they should already have an idea of who you are and what you are like simply because you bear such a precious name.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  Christian, Character, Mean

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• True faith always produces real conformity to Christ.

  R. C. Sproul

  Faith, Christian, Jesus

  Twitter post from Feb 01, 2017

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• Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Christian, Answers, Whole

  Francis A. Schaeffer (2014). “Escape from Reason”, p.106, InterVarsity Press

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  The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

  John Quincy Adams

  Bible, God, Religious

  Letter to an autograph collector from Washington on April 27, 1837, The Historical Magazine, archive.org. July 1860.

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• No people are true Christians who do not think constantly of how they can lift their brother and sister, how they can assist their friends, how they can enlighten mankind, how they can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which they live.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Christian, Brother, Thinking

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• In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Religious, Atheist

  Thomas Jefferson (2011). “The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 7: 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814”, p.248, Princeton University Press

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