Quotes about Controversy
Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
— John 5:18
Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
He lambastes Catholics. He opposes the J. B. Phillips version of the Bible because Phillips had a friendship with C. S. Lewis, who drank beer and smoked a pipe.
— Philip Yancey
and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
— Matthew 12:10
but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”
— Luke 11:15
When I think about what we now know about Donald Trump and what he's been doing for 30 years, he sure has spent a lot of time demeaning, degrading, insulting, and assaulting women.
— Hillary Clinton
Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
— John 9:14
It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
— Ignatius of Antioch
If it weren't for the likes of Sharpton, Jackson, the Congressional Black Caucus, Barack Obama, and the NAACP, racial strife in America would be a distant memory.
— Jesse Lee Peterson
You can't make a difference without making waves, and some people in the boat won't like it. So be it. Rock the boat anyway.
— Mark Batterson
Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
— John 5:16