Quotes about Religion

I have been told that I need to believe in Jesus. Which is a good thing. But what I am learning is that Jesus believes in me.

So as a Christian, I am free to claim the good, the true, the holy, wherever and whenever I find it. I live with the understanding that truth is bigger than any religion and the world is God's and everything in it.

for a staggering number of people in our world the for of the Jesus message has been buried under a massive pile of againsts. Somewhere

But sometimes when I hear people quote the Bible, I just want to throw up.

Often times when I meet atheists and we talk about the god they don't believe in, we quickly discover that I don't believe in that god either. So when we hear that a certain person has "rejected Christ," we should first ask, "Which Christ?

The point of the Abraham-and-Isaac story isn't that you should sacrifice your kid but that you can leave behind any notion of a god who demands that you sacrifice your kid.

Being a Christian then is more about celebrating mystery than conquering it.

Some things that religious people make a big deal of are rather pointless. Avoid the insanity.

It's possible to resist the very growth and change and expanding consciousness that God desires for you by appealing to your religious convictions.

The writers of the scriptures consistently affirm that we're all part of the same family. What we have in common—regardless of our tribe, language, customs, beliefs, or religion—outweighs our differences.

First, I'm a Christian, and so Jesus is how I understand God. I realize that for some people, hearing talk about Jesus shrinks and narrows the discussion about God, but my experience has been the exact opposite. My experiences of Jesus have opened my mind and my heart to a bigger, wider, more expansive and mysterious and loving God who I believe is actually up to something in the world.

that matters is how you respond to Jesus. And that answer totally resonates with me; it is about how you respond to Jesus. But it raises another important question: Which Jesus?