Quotes about Christianity

What practically defines the evangelical church today is an emphasis on two issues that Jesus did not even mention.

sacrificial love is one of the most powerful weapons in the Christian's arsenal of grace.

two major causes of most emotional problems among evangelical Christians are these: the failure to understand, receive, and live out God's unconditional grace and forgiveness; and the failure to give out that unconditional love, forgiveness, and grace to other people. . . . We read, we hear, we believe a good theology of grace. But that's not the way we live. The good news of the Gospel of grace has not penetrated the level of our emotions.

Democracy requires us to recognize others' rights even when we fundamentally disagree with them. It requires a civility in which I respect a person's ultimate worth and seek to persuade but not to coerce. For this reason modern democracy grew out of Christian soil. We must exercise the skill of ethical surgeons in deciding which moral principles apply to society at large and how best to apply them.

How can Christians dispense grace in a society that seems to be veering away from God?

First, as should be clear by now, I believe that dispensing God's grace is the Christian's main contribution

if we do not believe that, and if our Christian hope, tempered by sophistication, does not allow us to offer that truth to a dying, convulsing world then we are indeed, as the apostle Paul said, of all men most miserable.

Something inside me recoiled as I heard her repeat the clichéd comments from her visitors. Is Christianity supposed to make a sufferer feel even worse?

President Bill Clinton tried to make that distinction. As a Christian, he said, he sought guidance on moral issues from the Bible. As president of the United States, though, he could not automatically propose that everything immoral should therefore be made illegal.

As a Christian, my main concern is not to downgrade others' beliefs but to examine my own.

Our faith rests not just on Jesus' example but on his resurrection.

the important issue facing Christians who suffer is not "Is God responsible?" but "How should I react now that this terrible thing has happened?