Quotes about Religion

The gift of Christ is not the Christian religion but the grace and love of God, which culminate in the cross.

The American Revolution was characterized by three basic freedoms: economic freedom or capitalism, political freedom or constitutional democracy, and freedom of speech and religion. These are the freedoms that, in their original form, American conservatives seek to conserve.

When spirituality is divorced from theology it speedily deteriorates into sentimentality.

By a true religion or a true spirituality I mean one that is anchored in a vital faith in the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Cor 1:3) and leads us into a caring concern for the welfare of our neighbor, even above the perfecting of our own souls. The focus of true spirituality is on God's holy love, not on humanity's spiritual fulfillment.

Spirituality is inseparable from theology. Indeed, it could be defined as the living out of theology.

If I have achieved anything in my life, it is because I have not been embarrassed to talk about God.

I am not a Christian because God changed my life; I am a Christian because of my convictions about who Jesus Christ is.

I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.

The whole life story of Jesus, on the human side, is the life story of One who lived by faith.

Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith.

Let us not fool ourselves - without Christianity, without Christian education, without the principles of Christ inculcated into young life, we are simply rearing pagans.

You might as well try to hear without ears or breathe without lungs, as to try to live a Christian life without the Spirit of God in your heart.