Quotes about christian
christians experience honor jesus love people personally relationship respect worship
We're told that you can have a relationship with Jesus, but most Christians don't experience Jesus personally like that. They just don't. We honor Him. We respect Him. We worship Him. We don't experience Him and His personality like we do the people we love the most in our lives. John Eldredge
christian world expecting
You frighten me, when you say there isn't time." "I don't see why. Christians have been expecting the imminent end of the world for millennia." "But it keeps not ending." "So far, so good. Orson Scott Card
christian jesus men
I would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I am sure, in these old days recognized His followers even if they came after Him with the blindest sight, with the most imperfect recognition and acknowledgment of what He was and of what He could do. Phillips Brooks
christian eye people
An eye for an eye? How Christian of you.' Unbelievers always want other people to act like Christians. Orson Scott Card
christian jesus mean
Politics draws lines between people; in contrast, Jesus' love cuts across those lines and dispenses grace. That does not mean, of course, that Christians should not involve themselves in politics. It simply means that as we do so we must not let the rules of power displace the command to love. Philip Yancey
christian buddhist heart
The satsang is - within the mass culture - like little mushrooms here and there, and somebody, maybe a Christian and a Hindu and a Buddhist, come together; doesn't matter, because those are paths. They're paths to the One. But those satsangs are what the world needs. And as I say - heart to heart - that's what satsang is. Ram Dass
christian teacher thinking
If I were a physics teacher or a science teacher, it'd be on my mind all the time as how the hell we really got this way. It's a perfectly natural human thought and, okay, if you go into the science class you can't think this. Well, alright, as soon as you leave you can start thinking about it again without giving aid and comfort to the lunatic fringe of the Christian religion. Kurt Vonnegut
christian religious mean
About belief or lack of belief in an afterlife: Some of you may know that I am neither Christian nor Jewish nor Buddist, nor a conventionally religious person of any sort. I am a humanist, which mean, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of rewards or punishments after I'm dead. Kurt Vonnegut
christian taken government
Our president is a Christian? So was Adolf Hitler. What can be said to our young people, now that psychopathic personalities, which is to say persons without consciences, without senses of pity or shame, have taken all the money in the treasuries of our government and corporations, and made it all their own? Kurt Vonnegut
christian jesus blessed
For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, the demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break! Kurt Vonnegut
christian raises hog
This making of Christians will raise the price of hogs. William Shakespeare
christian spiritual sex
From the reign of Emperor Constantine to the present, the Christian notion that sexual love brings spiritual death has been the cornerstone of Western sex law. David Berkowitz
christian religious teaching
Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise, and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian.
christian religious teaching
I could show how largely our laws and customs are based upon the laws of Moses and the teachings of Christ; how constantly the Bible is appealed to as the guide of life and the authority in questions of morals... Add a volume of unofficial declaration to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation.
christian integrity biblical
Faith that is not evidenced by a life of integrity is not biblical faith at all. David Jeremiah
christian jesus life-changing
Every decision we make has to be evaluated in light of our life-changing commitment to being a servant of Christ and His kingdom. David Jeremiah
christian jesus years
Even though it has been nearly 2,000 years since Christ's first coming, His second coming is certain. David Jeremiah
christian jesus differences
If Jesus can live in you and you are no different than the world around you, something got short circuited because Jesus makes a difference. David Jeremiah
christian wisdom church
We may go to church once a week, but our Christian life is daily - step-by-step. David Jeremiah
christian angel heaven
No Christian is abandoned at the moment of death. The angels are the ushers, and our passage to heaven is under their escort. David Jeremiah
christian voice perfect
Christians are not perfect, and all of us do sin along the way. But genuine Christians hear His voice and follow Him. David Jeremiah
christian thinking speak
As Christians, we're under oath all the time. We're not always required to say everything we think or know, but we're always to speak as He did-truthfully. David Jeremiah
christian heaven dresses
There is a sense in which the Christian's life on earth is a dress rehearsal for heaven. Not in terms of costumes and theatrics, but in terms of worship and devotion to the One we will worship for all eternity - the Lamb who sits on the throne of heaven. David Jeremiah
christian years ministry
I could take everything I have built up over 35 years in my ministry and destroy it all if I went out tomorrow and committed one act of rebellion. David Jeremiah
christian powerful hiding-something
No one is going to be powerful in their ministry if they are hiding something that they are afraid people will find out at any moment. David Jeremiah
christian jesus today
Jesus is coming back - it could even be today. David Jeremiah
christian world today
It is possible to be at the top of Christian service, respected and admired, and not have that indispensable ingredient by which God has chosen to work in His world today - the absolute sacrificial agape love of the Eternal God. David Jeremiah
christian intelligent knowing
It is possible to live the Christian life just on the surface, knowing only enough to carry on an intelligent conversation in the church foyer with another equally uninformed believer, but when that happens you are vulnerable to the attack of the deceiver. David Jeremiah
christian focus eternity
Too often we concentrate only on the things we can see now; but our focus should be on that place we can only envision, but will enjoy for all eternity. David Jeremiah
christian angel men
When Christ returns, and only then, will the angel's message to the shepherds be totally fulfilled: Peace on earth, goodwill toward men. David Jeremiah
christian jesus children
If you have put your faith in Christ and have spent significant time in the Word of God, the tough times can be like a magnet that draws you to the Lord Jesus. Nothing is going to happen - ever - that will catch Jesus Christ by surprise. He is able to help His children work through anything, and not a single thing is going to happen in the future that can change that fact. David Jeremiah
christian people obsession
The happiest people I know are those who have an obsession to the obedience of God. David Jeremiah
christian jesus clean
We are reflectors, and as reflectors we have one duty and that is to stay clean or we won't reflect Jesus. David Jeremiah