Quotes on Christian

Whoever uncouples the religious and the social life has not understood Jesus. Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.

The only obligation I recognize is to say what I believe to be true [ ] and to say it with kindness. I believe that is how a Christian conversation should proceed.

Politics draws lines between people; in contrast, Jesus' love cuts across those lines and dispenses grace. That does not mean, of course, that Christians should not involve themselves in politics. It simply means that as we do so we must not let the rules of power displace the command to love.

All you may know of heaven or hell is within your own self.

For a small reward, a man will hurry away on a long journey; while for eternal life, many will hardly take a single step.

Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the Gospel happens.

The truth is that Christian theology, like every other theology, is not only opposed to the scientific spirit; it is also opposed to all other attempts at rational thinking.

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation.

The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.

All Christian life is to be measured by Scripture; by every word thereof.

You must understand, the leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. It cannot be overstated. Bolshevism committed the greatest human slaughter of all time. The fact that most of the world is ignorant and uncaring about this enormous crime is proof that the global media is in the hands of the perpetrators.

Quoting Scripture leads you to the fountain, but only if you plunge in and come up wet will I know that you are a Christian.

There is a strain of loneliness infecting many Christians, which only the presence of God can cure.

Too often we are Christians by assumption, manipulation or instruction, rather than Christians by regeneration.

We Christians must look sharp that our Christianity does not simply refine our sins without removing them.

The best way to prove that a stick is crooked is to set a straight one beside it. No words need to be spoken.

It appears that too many Christians want to enjoy the thrill of feeling right but are not willing to endure the inconvenience of being right.

The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone. Thus some scientists care for truth; and their truth is pitiless. Thus some humanitarians only care for pity; and their pity (I am sorry to say) is often untruthful.

Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved.