Every Christian must be convinced of his fundamental and vital duty of bearing witness to the truth in which he believes and the grace that has transformed him.
Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence.
The Latter-day Saint woman who follows Christ is a true Christian in the very best sense of the word. She is a woman of faith who trusts God and is confident and fearless.
Lovie Smith and I are not only the first two African-Americans but Christian coaches showing that you can win doing it the Lord’s way and we’re more proud of that.
Christianity is a lifestyle. And being a Christian is more than a label.
If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word – prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.
For many years, our Messianic Jewish brothers and sisters have paid a great price. Other Jews have rejected them, and the Christian church would require they walk away from their traditions to fit into the Gentile culture. We must face these past wrongs.
St. Peter announced the glad tidings of the Gospel to the people on the day of Pentecost, and converted, by the first Christian sermon, ever preached, three thousand – which formed the primitive Church.
There’s enough hard stuff going on in people’s lives, and you really need that joy that laughter can bring. I don’t have to put that in a Christian compartment.
I was raised in a Christian household and heard a lot of praise music, so that’s what helps me get to an emotional place.
I’m not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it means for a Jewish kid to be a Christian – I’m just not interested in that argument.
The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.
Yet humanitarianism is not a purely Christian movement any more than it is a purely humanist one.
The truth is the real Christian experience is truly about repenting every day because there is no Christian that doesn’t sin.
This Christian poison hasn’t stopped yet.
I have no doubt that for some to become a Christian may involve an experience of ecstasy. Yet I do not think such an experience is necessary for someone to be a Christian.
In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and temptations, allurements of sin and snares of death, that continually exercise his virtue.
Personally, I am a church-going Christian. I love my church, my congregation; it’s my favorite place to be.
I’ve been given benefits from the day I was born. A loving family. A great education. So I see it as an obligation, as a Christian and as a human being, to help.
I look at the Christian Bale movies, the ‘Batman’ films, and that shows you that superhero movies don’t just have to be about men in tights.
Bad Religion has never been about criticizing people who are Christian. But we’ve always been about pointing out the irony and contradictions in Christian theology and the more extreme versions of Christians that seek to challenge modern secularism.
I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.
I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew.
The mullahs of the Islamic world and the mullahs of the Hindu world and the mullahs of the Christian world are all on the same side. And we are against them all.
My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he’s so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone.
I am a Christian; God sent me to fight evil for my people. Jesus was a revolutionist; so am I.
I’m a Christian, but I don’t believe in religion or anything like that.
The word ‘Christianity’ is already a misunderstanding – in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.
You may take this as a general and central principle in criticism: that all science, literature or song, which recognizes conscious life as the ruling principle of the universe, is Christian.
The Boxer Rebellion is a war that was fought on Chinese soil in the year 1900. The Europeans, the Japanese and their Chinese Christian allies were on one side. On the other were poor, starving, illiterate Chinese teenagers whom the Europeans referred to as the Boxers.
My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked the hymns bit, but apart from that, I can take it or leave it. So I had lots of different influences when I was younger.
Christian conservatives care about their families eating. They’re concerned about energy independence. They’re concerned about functional government.
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.
A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel.
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
I would like it to be known that I have decided not to marry Group Capt. Peter Townsend. Mindful of the church’s teaching that Christian marriage is indissoluble, and conscious of my duty to the Commonwealth, I have resolved to put these considerations before any others.
I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians.
There is such a thing as ‘thanks-feeling’ – feeling thankful. This ought to be the general, universal spirit of the Christian.
My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make.
In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.
As a Christian, we can’t stand on the sidelines with no team jersey or team colors to show our allegiance to Christ.
Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
The Young Women’s Christian Association is nourished by its roots in Christianity and, at the same time, over the years, it’s been enriched by beliefs and values from all kinds of places, even, in fact, strengthened by our diversity.
It’s a shame that so many people are so intimidated and bothered by Tim Tebow’s stance as a Christian. He’s not bothering anybody. He’s simply being who He is and giving all glory to His Lord.
In baptism, new Christians become part of a body of fellow believers who are called to spiritually encourage one another and hold one another responsible for consistent Christian living.
God has no grandchildren. He has only children, so being a born-again Christian is not an automatic thing.
Perhaps more than ever before, there is that aggressive secularism and there are those who would indeed try to destroy our Christian heritage and culture and take God from the public square. Religion must not be taken from the public square.
This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist.
I’m half Jewish, half Christian. I’m a Jew for Jesus.
There’s no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there’s been a melding in their goals when it comes to the separation of church and state. I’ve always believed in the separation of church and state.
Opposition to abortion was one of the ways the Christian right was brought into the Republican Party by conservatives hoping to move the party further right. Now, of course, the tail is wagging the dog.
I remember at one point being in fellowship, and everyone used to wear the fish symbol; it said you were a Christian. So I asked my father, ‘Dad, why don’t you wear that at work?’ And he said, ‘Your religion should be in your actions.’ He set a great, great example.
I am a Christian and a Democrat, that’s all.
I heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognizable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross.
My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her conviction, her discipline. She would rather see other people happy than herself.
I think there is some overlap in terms of artistic desires and Christian desires.
Neither the Christian attitude of love for all mankind nor humane hopes for an organized society must cause us to forget that the ‘human stratum’ may not be homogeneous.
Archbishop – A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.
Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.
I would love to tell you that it’s been absolutely perfect, that I’ve been a man that’s been super Christian. But I’ve had mistakes, dumb things I’ve regretted, so it’s not a perfect life. But it’s one that has helped me make better decisions.
I am a Christian. I know I am a Christian, knowing that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior.
