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RICHARD ROHR The most difficult task facing us today is to persuade the person who is enjoying Christian culture ... GODFREY COWAN But for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of Ceremonies has bee... C.S. LEWIS It's kind of fun to listen to Christians who say: I'm a New Testament Christian. What other ... RANDALL TERRY Any Christian who is not a hero is a pig. LEON BLOY Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one ... AMBROSE BIERCE It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants... MARTIN SCORSESE He may be a Christian by common profession; but, in a saving sense, no man is a Christian, in whose ... RICHARD BAXTER It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congre... RICHARD WILBUR Christian: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to t... AMBROSE BIERCE [Head is] more on the straight and narrow with his Christian views and I can respect that. I don't n... JONATHAN DAVIS Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 7. the ministry of authority ... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Why is it always the sheep who speak for the shepherd? Always the sheep who rush in to defend this a... BOBBY W. MILLER I was brought up in a Christian home in Australia with a father who was very bold about his faith. KEN HAM War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in ... PINDAR The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has ... RONA BARRETT The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an... RONA BARRETT The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has a... RONA BARRETT Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525 Who belongs to the Church? Who is my true brot... ROBERT MACCOLL ADAMS The word evangelical is thrown around quite loosely these days in the media. It has become synonymou... JERRY KINARD Christian means coming from Christ. Just as a Californian comes from California and a Bostonian is s... DON WALK Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited ... AMBROSE BIERCE Religious pluralism is a popular belief in Western culture. At first it sounds very inclusive, but i... JON MORRISON A true Christian is made by faith and love toward Christ. Our sins do not in the least hinder our Ch... LETTERS OF ST. HERMAN OF ALASKA In the modern Christian attempt to take a stand as Christ did, and maybe for others, win the approva... CRISS JAMI The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian religion JOHN ADAMS Feast of Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist True progress is not found in breaking away from the old w... HENRY BARCLAY SWETE A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and... C. S. LEWIS A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and... C.S. LEWIS I know there are people who get fearful in the Christian community, but I look at it the other way �... GLEN ELLIOTT But, for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of the Ceremonies ha... C.S. LEWIS To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing t... HENRI NOUWEN I would like everyone to feel loved by the God who gave his son for us and showed us his boundless l... POPE BENEDICT XVI If anyone thinks he has faith and yet is indifferent towards this possession, is neither cold nor ho... SøREN KIERKEGAARD There are fundamentalists, Christian fundamentalists, who appear to be in charge of the White House ... JOHN PILGER The Christian image of God is that of a rational being who believes in human progress. RODNEY STARK Quite frankly, I would prefer to have a non-Christian like Mitt Romney who at least pretends to embr... ROBERT JEFFRESS The socialist who is a Christian is more to be dreaded than a socialist who is an atheist FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY I never knew any many in my life, who could not bear another's
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