Christian Quotes - Page 168

It is through Christianity that Judaism has really conquered the world. Christianity is the masterpiece of Judaism.

The strongest argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian.

Contemporary Christianity, diverse and complex as we find it, actually may show more unanimity than the Christian churches of the first and second centuries. For nearly all Christians since that time, Catholics, Protestants, or Orthodox, have shared three basic premises. First, they accept the canon of the New Testament; second, they confess the apostolic creed; and third, they affirm specific forms of church institution. But every one of these - the canon of Scripture, the creed, and the institutional structure - emerged in its present form only toward the end of the second century.

In the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilised portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valour. The gentle but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the provinces. Their peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and abused the advantages of wealth and luxury.

I believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good Book and the spirit of the Savior have from the beginning been our guiding geniuses.

People are often unhappy in the Christian life because they have thought of Christianity, and the whole message of the gospel, in inadequate terms.

If in a Christian pulpit you have no business saying, "I suggest to you" No! "These things I declare to you."

The only Christian work is good work, well done

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

Men like to become Christians without crossing racial, linguistic or class barriers

The Christian needs another Christian who speaks God's word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged, for by himself he cannot help himself without belying the truth.

The church is her true self only when she exists for humanity.

Life is like a film screen: pictures come, make an impression, go, and then make a place for new pictures with new impressions which obscure the previous ones. Some of those old pictures fade, but the impressions they leave will never pass away. Such an impression is the image of Hein Sietsma -- a joyful Christian who loved life so much but was still willing to give it to the great, good, and holy cause.

The day you learn to be publically specific in your prayer, that is the day you will discover power.

Recently I prayed, "Lord, I want to know your peace at all costs. I won't listen to the devil's lies any longer. I know my salvation is not in my performance. No, Jesus, you alone plead my case. I rest in what you've done for me." Can you say the same by faith?

When we share Christ, the Truth behind our transformation, we are offering people an opportunity to be transformed.

God appeared to His people in the Old Testament and dwelt with His people in the New - and now abides in us by His Spirit.

There's only one thing to do with God's offer of the gift of salvation: Say "thank you" and embrace it.

No Christian is abandoned at the moment of death. The angels are the ushers, and our passage to heaven is under their escort.

A man of God in the will of God is immortal until His work is done.

Every time we deny ourselves in order to serve someone else, we grow in Christ.

I'm a Christian. Years ago, I went broke, so I decided to run every part of my life according to the Bible. It sounds hokey, but it works. You run your marriage that way, and it works. It will work with business, too, and finances. Treat people like you want to be treated.

When mountains fall, I'll stand, By the power of Your hand.

O you proud Christians, wretched souls and small,/ Who by the dim lights of your twisted minds/ Believe you prosper even as you fall,/ Can you not see that we are worms, each one/ Born to become the angelic butterfly/ That flies defenseless to the Judgement Throne?

Although I respect the Judeo-Christian ethic, as well as the Eastern philosophies, and of course the teachings of Muhammad, I find that organized religion has corrupted those beliefs to justify countless atrocities throughout the ages. Were I to go to church, I'd be a hypocrite.