The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
John AdamsTag: christianity religion separation-of-church-and-state john-adams treaty-of-tripoli-1796
He had never believed that spirituality had to be anemic or aesthetic.
Tag: christianity spirituality aesthetics
So when the devil throws your sins in your face and declares that you deserve death and hell, tell him this: "I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also!
Martin LutherTag: christianity
It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching, so we accepted their [the communists' ] terms. It was a deal; we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching. They were happy beating us, so everyone was happy.
Richard WurmbrandTag: christianity courage persecution preaching
...We always look for Christ amid magnificence. But ... Christ has a history of showing up amide the unlovely. Born in a dirty stall. Crowned with thorns. Died gasping on a shameful cross atop a jagged rise.
We don't need to be beautiful for Christ to take us in. He is equally at home when we're broken-down and dirty. It's like George Herbert wrote:
'And here in dust and dirt, O here,
The lilies of God's love appear.'
We think magnificence is in short supply, that dust and dirt choke out the lilies. But that's not true and never was. Lilies may root in dirt, but they reach for heaven—and in the reaching, reveal their magnificence.
Tag: inspirational christianity
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
Ronald ReaganTag: christianity bible
When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within.
Charles Haddon SpurgeonTag: christianity religion
Was this humanity? Was this nobility? Was this the Christian glory that presumed to hold itself above the heathen Turk? To suffer innocents be sacrificed on an altar of corruption, merely that a lofty family be spared discomfiture? Oh, this was tenfold more abominable than the crime itself, that high authority should wink at it!
Ray RussellTag: money christianity religion
The Church of England is the only church in the world that interferes neither with your politics nor your religion
Anthony TrollopeTag: christianity religion
Nothing is a sin when you obey the orders of a priest
Alfred de MussetTag: christianity religion sin
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