Quotes about chris
christian school sunday
What I got in Sunday school ... was simply a firm conviction that the Christian faith was full of palpable absurdities, and the Christian God preposterous.... The act of worship, as carried on by Christians, seems to me to be debasing rather than ennobling. It involves groveling before a being who, if he really exists, deserves to be denounced instead of respected. H. L. Mencken
christian religious ignorance
On the one side was bigotry, ignorance, hatred, superstition, every sort of blackness that the human mind is capable of. On the other side was sense. H. L. Mencken
christian jesus believe
There is no possibility whatsoever of reconciling science and theology, at least in Christendom. Either Jesus arose from the dead or He didn't. If he did, then Christianity becomes plausible; if He did not, then it is sheer nonsense. I defy any genuine scientists to say that he believes in the Resurrection, or indeed in any other cardinal dogma of the Christian system. H. L. Mencken
christian thinking spirit
The truth is that Christian theology, like every other theology, is not only opposed to the scientific spirit; it is also opposed to all other attempts at rational thinking. H. L. Mencken
christian prayer believe
I am proud to be a Christian. I believe not only as a Christian, but as a scientist as well. A wireless device can deliver a message through the wilderness. In prayer the human spirit can send invisible waves to eternity, waves that achieve their goal in front of God. Guglielmo Marconi
christian doors house
I lived in a house in the East Bronx, a totally Jewish neighborhood on East 172nd Street. You didn't see Christians much, although one lived next door. We thought they were kind of a minority. Grace Paley
christian impact bullshit
Christian music was music that I grew up listening to that I can't say has had much of an impact on anything I have done in my adult life. Maybe Christianity has, but certainly not the bullshit Christian music I was listening to when I was 12. To me there's not much substance in that music. I don't have a message or anything. J. Tillman
christ crude epicurean
There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined. Georg Buchner
christian brother hatred
Those [Christians] had left to love on earth were then: brothers and sisters in hatred, whom they called then: brothers and sisters in love. Georg Brandes
christian people long
There were honest people long before there were Christians and there are, God be praised, still honest people where there are no Christians. It could therefore easily be possible that people are Christians because true Christianity corresponds to what they would have been even if Christianity did not exist. Georg C. Lichtenberg
christian father frustration
It is the Father's life, and the Father's life alone, that ever lives the Christian life. It is the Father's life, and Father's life alone, which will live the Christian life in you. Embrace a formula or a list in order to "live the Christian life," and you are doomed to frustration. Gene Edwards
christian mean punishment
After the survivor of the Spanish conquest has told his life's story he is convicted by the Inquisition: He posted no brief in defense or mitigation of his offenses, and when he was most solemnly advised by the Court President of the dire consequences he faced if found guilty, Juan Damasceno volunteered only one comment: "It will mean I do not go to the Christian heaven?" He was told that that would indeed be the worst of his punishments: that he would most assuredly not go to Heaven. At which, his smile sent a thrill of horror through every soul of the Court. Gary Jennings
christian recovery men
The domestication (the culture) of man does not go deep--where it does go deep it at once becomes degeneration (type: the Christian). The 'savage' (or, in moral terms, the evil man) is a return to nature--and in a certain sense his recovery, his cure from 'culture'. Friedrich Nietzsche
christianity executioners
Christianity is religion for the executioner. Friedrich Nietzsche
christian principles ends
Principle of "Christian love": it insists upon being well paid in the end. Friedrich Nietzsche
christian humanity today
Not their love of humanity, but the impotence of their love, prevents the Christians of today - burning us. Friedrich Nietzsche
christian atheist lasts
The last Christian died on a cross. Friedrich Nietzsche
christian nike pregnancy
Ah swear, ah will croak if she asks me for a pair of Nikes instead of Christian Louboutins! Jessica Simpson
christian character heart
We at the Christian Writers Guild couldn't be more proud of Brandy Vallance. Let her debut novel transport you to an entirely fresh time and place where you'll soon forget you're turning pages and find yourself riveted to the destinies of characters who'll leave a lasting impression on your heart. Jerry B. Jenkins
christian mother home
I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to Christ as a youngster. Jerry B. Jenkins
christianity christ relationship-with-god
Christianity is not a religion, it’s a relationship with God through Christ. Jerry B. Jenkins
christian made raised
I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point. Jerry B. Jenkins
christian moving heart
God is never at a loss because He cannot find someone to cooperate with Him in carrying out His plan. He so moves in the hearts of people - either Christians or non Christians, it makes no difference - that they willingly, of their own free will carry out His plans. Jerry Bridges
christian want grows
I warmly commend it to all Christians who want to grow in their faith. Jerry Bridges
christian suffering delight
God does not delight in our sufferings. He brings only that which is necessary, but He does not shrink from that which will help us grow. Jerry Bridges
christian glorifying-god glory
The person who fears God seeks to live all of life to the glory of God... All the activities of life should be pursued with the aim of glorifying God. Jerry Bridges
christian effort holiness
The pursuit of holiness is a joint venture between God and the Christian. No one can attain any degree of holiness without God working in his life, but just as surely no one will attain it without effort on his own part. Jerry Bridges
christian holiness spirit
We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the Holy Spirit to enable us in that pursuit. The pursuit of holiness is not a pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps approach to the Christian life. Jerry Bridges
christian discipline purpose
The purpose of God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us. Jerry Bridges
christian levels determined
The level of our obedience is most often determined by the behavior standard of other Christians around us. Jerry Bridges
christian godly becoming
How then can we deal with our tendency toward worldliness? It is not by determining that we will not be worldly, but by committing ourselves to becoming more godly. Jerry Bridges
christian father attention
No detail of your life is too insignificant for your heavenly Father's attention. Jerry Bridges
christian character mean
Both gentleness and meekness are born of power, not weakness. There is a pseudo-gentlene ss that is effeminate, and there is a pseudo-meekness that is cowardly. But a Christian is to be gentle and meek because those are Godlike virtues... We should never be afraid, therefore, that the gentleness of the Spirit means weakness of character. It takes strength, God's strength, to be truly gentle. Jerry Bridges