Quotes about Grace
Much of the Christian religion has largely become "holding on" instead of letting go. But God, it seems to me, does the holding on (to us!), and we must learn the letting go (of everything else).
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Secularism and Religion are both all about your personal performance. The Gospel is the performance of another applied to you.
— Timothy Keller
For to pretend that men may live habitually sinful lives without any attempt by the Spirit to mortify sin in them, nor with any desire for repentance, is to deny the Christian religion.
— John Owen
The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.
— Samuel Rutherford
God can, has and will use anybody who is open to serving Him to convey the gospel. He will bless the efforts of His servants whether they are gifted as evangelizers or not.
— George Barna
If you've been full of error and defeat, be done with it. Say, "By God's grace, I'm done with it," and take charge of yourself like never before."
— Norman Vincent Peale
Jesus was and is the enemy of dead religion.
— Eric Metaxas
Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.
— Timothy Keller
The symbol of the religion of Jesus is the cross, not the scales.
— John Stott
Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship with God through Christ.
— Jerry B. Jenkins
The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
— Pope John Paul II
Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen