Quotes about Christianity

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

One of the problems with the identification of Christianity with love is how such a view turns out to be both anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic. The Jews and Catholics become identified with the law or dogma, in contrast to Protestant Christians, who are about love.

I know for me, and what the Bible teaches, I want to have a relationship with Jesus.

The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction of African slaves in their place.

One cannot be aware both of the history of Christian war and of the contents of the gospels without feeling that something is amiss.

Christians who have had so much to say with our mouths and so little to show with our lives. I am sorry that so often we have forgotten the Christ of our Christianity.

God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.[9]

What I do believe in is the moral code of Christianity.

If Jesus is not enough to motivate you to godly living, you don't know Jesus.

You know, the kind who know Jesus by His first name, but out of politeness never use it even to His face.

That whites not only had no patent on Christianity; they were often its obstacle. That Jesus had been freed from white religion, and he wanted these kids to know that they did not have to beg for respect; it was already in them, and they needed only to display it.

Having your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace creates a stability that even Satan cannot undo.