Quotes about Christianity

All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless, it must be done by the Spirit.

We've got to move from membership to discipleship to being full-time Christians, not part-time saints. That means operating comprehensively on the value system of Heaven as we move about in history.

The notion that there is no basic value system is far more incoherent or invalid than the notion that there are essential values. Every religion can tell you it has basic values. You ask a Christian, most Christians would say love God and love your neighbor. Is that the entirety of Christianity? No one in his right mind would say it is.

When our Christ was taken, Peter failed to stand with him. He denied him, Abigail. It broke his heart. But it also perhaps made him into the man he is today. "But Peter also warns us, continually, that we are not able to stand in our own strength. We need God's presence with us. We must pray that God will keep us strong for whatever lies ahead and faithful to the end. And we must encourage one another. Daily.

Jesus told us that anyone can love a friend. Even the unbelievers do so, even the Romans. But we as believers are called to love our enemies." He paused and stared down at the floor. "I left that meeting a broken man.

Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.

Christians must go beyond criticizing the degradation of American culture, roll up their sleeves, and get to work on positive solutions. The only way to drive out bad culture is with good culture.

The gospel is the proclamation of the person and work of Jesus Christ and how those benefits can be applied to us by faith alone.

One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work.

If you are saved, the work is only half done until you are employed to bring others to Christ.

Abhor all idea of being saved by good works, but O, be as full of good works as if you were to be saved by them!

Christian sisters should not at any time dress extravagantly, but at all times dress as neat, modest, and healthful, as their work will allow.