Quotes about Christianity
Many people confuse religion with God and walk away from them both. The point isn't Christianity, the point is being a Christian.
- Rob Bell
With the early Christians you couldn't have God as your father unless you have the church as your mother. This isn't accepting the church as a perfect thing.
- Shane Claiborne
Every Christian has unique opportunities to engage the most pressing social issues of our day by praying, proclaiming the gospel, and participating with God in all that he is doing in the world.
- David Platt
Some people think that if they will do certain things, they will somehow earn the favor of God, but this misses the whole point of Christianity and ironically devolves into a me-centered approach.
- David Platt
Those of us who came to be Christians get to remember that forgiveness cost God the death of God's son. It's an expensive thing in many ways.
- Desmond Tutu
Christianity believes that God has created an external world that is really there; and because He is a reasonable God, one can expect to be able to find the order of the universe by reason.
- Francis Schaeffer
If Christianity should happen to be true - that is to say, if its God is the real God of the universe - then defending it may mean talking about anything and everything.
- GK Chesterton
The great # conversion called for by Jesus is to move from belonging to the world to belonging to God.
- Henri Nouwen
I believe that we are saved by the grace of God because he loves us provided that we have faith in Jesus Christ.
- Jimmy Carter
Christianity isn't looking for a rainbow. If it were... we'd pass out opium at services. We're trying to serve God, not be God.
- John Updike
Most Christians when asked what is the essence of the Christian faith will say it is all in the rules to be acceptable by God. That is anti-Christian, but they don't know that.
- Josh McDowell
Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.
- Martin Luther