Quotes about Christianity

If we are Christ's, then what befalls us is for His glory and for our good, whether it is caused by enzymes or by enemies.

Just being an obedient Christian is increasingly becoming a social, political, legal issue...

Doing right for right's sake is atheistic.Christians should do what God says is right because in doing it we enjoy more of God.

Authority does not authenticate my person. Authority is not a privilege to be exploited to build up my ego. Authority is a responsibility to be borne for the benefit of others without regard for oneself.This alone is the Christian view.

remember this: there is no standing still in the Christian life. Either we are advancing toward salvation, or we are drifting away to destruction. Drifting is mortal danger.

Faithfulness is only half the equation. God expects fruitfulness as well.

The world is not impressed when Christians get rich and say thanks to God. They are impressed when God is so satisfying that we give our riches away for Christ's sake and count it gain.

We Christians are called to love our enemies and to suffer injustice rather than return evil for evil (Matt. 5:43—48; Rom. 12:14).

The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise God-fearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ. When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."2 Fleeing from death is the shortest path to a wasted life.

In John 3:16, Jesus teaches us that the God who exists loves. Let that sink in. The God who absolutely is. Loves. He loves. Of all the things you might say about God, be sure to say this: he loves.

Atheism [i.e., Christian faith] has been specially advanced through the loving service rendered to strangers, and through their care for the burial of the dead. It is a scandal there is not a single Jew who is a beggar, and that the godless Galileans care not only for their own poor but for ours as well; while those who belong to us look in vain for the help that we should render them.

He once said that "there are but two lessons for Christians to learn: the one is, to enjoy God in everything; the other is, to enjoy everything in God.