Quotes about Christianity
The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God; otherwise it is doomed to failure.
— Jerry Bridges
As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.
— Jerry Bridges
Judge yourself; if you do that you will not be judged by God, as St. Paul says. But it must be a real sense of your own sinfulness, not an artificial humility.
— Johannes Tauler
the whole Pelagian poison of free-will ... a clear exaltation of the old idol free-will into the throne of God ... That the decaying estate of Christianity have invented.
— John Owen
Christianity is fundamentally convalescence.. .God is not only the doctor who prescribes, He is the nurse who lifts up our powerless head and puts the spoon in our mouth...And He is the medicine.
— John Piper
The gospel is not a way to get people to heaven; it is a way to get people to God.
— John Piper
Many Christians suffer because they're too busy seeking carnal knowledge instead of the Word of God.
— Joyce Meyer
If the Christians of America could be persuaded to vote God and a clean ticket, it would bring about a moral revolution that would be incalculably beneficent. It would save the country.
— Mark Twain
I hate myself, that I cannot believe it so constantly and surely as I should; but no human creature can rightly know how mercifully God is inclined toward those that steadfastly believe in Christ.
— Martin Luther
The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!
— Pope Benedict XVI
If only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God Who gave His Son for us!
— Pope Benedict XVI
The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing but in God-likeness.
— Oswald Chambers