Christianity Quotes - Page 43

How we understand the person and character of God the Father affects every aspect of our lives. It affects far more than what we normally call the "religious" aspect of our lives. If God is the Creator of the entire universe, then it must follow that He is Lord of the whole universe. No part of the world is outside of His lordship. His Holy character has something to say about economics, politics, athletics, romance - everything with which we are involved.

Moreover, our certitudes were closely bound to a given set of symbols. Change the well defined Latin term for an undefined Greek one and every bishop and every priest found himself at a loss. We knew the catechism by heart; mention catechesis and we are no longer sure who made us and why. We could manage a dogmatic sermon all right but just listen to our homilies! We were absolutely firm about confession and contrition; all our firmness vanished at the one word METANOIA. We knew exactly what the Mass was; the Eucharist is hazy. Even the Consecration and the Real Presence have been engulfed in the mist of ANAMNESIS. All this is patently true, is undeniable. We had received a solid theological training in our seminaries. It did not stand the test. It collapsed overnight without leaving track or trace.

Christians must focus on Jesus Christ.

Lailah Gifty Akita

There is no danger than doubt.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Is it right for people to critique others for their supposed un-Christian attitudes by themselves being un-Christian?

All Christians have access to the spiritual riches found in the Scriptures, which, after all, were written amid the spiritual turmoil and social conflicts of the writers’ times. We can learn from those who went before us.

Wasn’t I allowed at least one nervous breakdown a year? Maybe next year Jon and I could pencil it into our calendar. Maybe we could post it in the church bulletin. It would read “ATTENTION: Our Dear Pastor’s wife is scheduling her annual nervous breakdown, so if you could avoid calling, texting, emailing, or whining in her direction for the next week between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., she would be most grateful.

Father is pleased with your progress. You humans are all the same you know. You’re always refusing just to enjoy the moment you’re in when you don’t understand things. You know just because you don’t understand something doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it. Father gave you all this for a gift. Have fun a little. You are at a royal affair. Maybe you should lighten up.” Really? My life was on hold and an angel was complaining to me that I needed to kick back and relax. Did an angel just tell me to lighten up?

I was going to stop pretending that just because we were in ministry we were perfect. I was tired of wearing the mask of ministry, and knew that I needed to start living the life.

Perhaps we could fool them, but Bathsheba was entering into a place I couldn’t help her. It was a dark place filled with the result of one night of bad choices. I could feel it beginning to erupt. It was as if Bathsheba had been sitting on a mountain and like a volcano it was getting ready to explode.

Repentance seemed like too loose of a word. I knew I’d been wrong, but that didn’t soften the blow.

Time and time again, I find I cannot skip the night to arrive to the morning. Joy comes in the morning, but the morning comes after the dark night. Sometimes the night lasts longer than we want it to.

Natalie Brenner

Christians need to set the example with their words. Christians should think twice about the negative things that they say and not hesitate to say something positive.

In solitude we discover that community is not a common ideology, but a response to a common call.

Jennifer was good at her job and loved it. However, I hated the fact she was forced on me. She was young, beautiful, and thin. Everything I never felt that I was, and she always insisted on wearing heels and cute little suits in the office. Really? Who had such bionic feet that they could wear those day in and day out. My attitude toward her bordered on civil with a touch of sarcasm. I was sure she had stories to tell the women in the church on how hard I was to work with. I told myself I didn’t care. I’d wear flip-flops and flats at my desk and sequester all shoes over a two-inch heel to be worn only on Sundays.

The Holy Spirit teaches the Truth.

Lailah Gifty Akita

The Great law is God's commandment.

Lailah Gifty Akita

The purpose of prayer is purification.

Lailah Gifty Akita

To pray is to make petition.

Lailah Gifty Akita

The Highest Holy Heavens!

Lailah Gifty Akita

The Scripture is like a sharp sword.

Lailah Gifty Akita

True Christianity is obedience to Jesus Christ.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Rebirth is neither born of blood nor flesh or human origin. But born of God.

Lailah Gifty Akita

The Gospel of glad tidings is the power of God.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Christianity is a sacred act of knowing the holy servant of God, Jesus Christ.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Whoever said that one cannot be moral without being religious never had morals in in the first place.

To love one another as He loves us, is the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. For it is love that kills our outward man’s ways; buries him in baptism; and causes our inward-man (named Jesus) to resurrect on the inside of us!

God's protection is our prosperity.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Besides, we were fifteen, and we couldn't get our feelings to match up with our brains. So we went with our feelings.

Karen Swallow Prior

From that moment, and for the rest of my life, my mother's words--perceptive and many others--have helped me to be the thing she saw and named in me.

Karen Swallow Prior

The unchurched kids laughed at the Bible studies based on television shows or songs of the moment. They weren't impressed at all by the video clips provided by the denomination's publisher, or by the knock-off Christian boy bands crooning about the hotness of sexual purity. What riveted their attention wasn't what was relatable to them but what wasn't.

While God desires salvation for everyone, God owes salvation to no one.

God hates Hell. He hates the idea of people going there. He hates it so much that He was willing to take on human flesh and be tortured on a cross in order to absorb the penalty for sin on our behalf. God wants no one to perish but for all people to come to repentance, and He grieves when people don’t.

People don’t mind Christianity until you show any sign of actually believing in it

We know many among ourselves who have given themselves up to bonds, in order that they might ransom others. Many, too, have surrendered themselves to slavery, that with the price which they received for themselves, they might provide food for others.

Clement of Rome

The great mercy of God's grace is forgiveness for all sins.

Lailah Gifty Akita

To believe in God is to be bold.

Lailah Gifty Akita

To deny the battle is unwise. To believe that I can fight it without God is insane. To actually do so is suicidal. No wonder so many of us walk around looking like death warmed over.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

It is fatal to forget the Law's of God.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Christ Jesus is the power of God.

Lailah Gifty Akita

If you teach your children, teach them the Truth of God.

Lailah Gifty Akita

The Lord himself lead the way to the holy heavens.

Lailah Gifty Akita

The holy servants are stewards of the mysteries of Saviour, the Son of God.

Lailah Gifty Akita

God is everything in every where.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Christianity is a sacred path to pursue the Knowledge of Son of God, Jesus Christ.

Lailah Gifty Akita

I had long since wished that they would have been born with a dictionary sized how-to guide in my placenta. It would have been custom printed for each child by God. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. I’d been forced to walk through the minefield of parenthood feeling like I was blindfolded and hopping on one leg. Surely my kids should understand that I was trying to know what I was doing, but the verdict still seemed out at the moment.

If Christian, we open the Holy Bible. And read, they shall grow in the knowledge of Christ Jesus.

Lailah Gifty Akita

God's presence is not the same as the feeling of God's presence and He may be doing most for us when we think He is doing least.

The degradation of most civilizations, contain a common thread. The 'synagogue of Satan' is behind all weaponized ignorance and hate.

Salvation is sanctification of soul by the Blessed Saviour.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Sin may appear good. But by God's commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

Lailah Gifty Akita

The unspiritual is a slave to sin.…! But spiritual is slave to righteousness in Christ Jesus.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Sacrifice is a sacred service.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Consider how textbooks treat Native religions as a unitary whole. ... "These Native Americans ... believed that nature was filled with spirits. Each form of life, such as plants and animals, had a spirit. Earth and air held spirits too. People were never alone. They shared their lives with the spirits of nature." ... Stated flatly like this, the beliefs seem like make-believe, not the sophisticated theology of a higher civilization. Let us try a similarly succinct summary of the beliefs of many Christians today: "These Americans believed that one great male god ruled the world. Sometimes they divided him into three parts, which they called father, son, and holy ghost. They ate crackers and wine or grape juice, believing that they were eating the son's body and drinking his blood. If they believed strongly enough, they would live on forever after they

James W. Loewen

The Holy Bible is the written code of holy teachings.

Lailah Gifty Akita

The Holy Bible is Divine oracles.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Salvation is neither human effort nor desire.

Lailah Gifty Akita

If the light we have is continually engulfed by the darkness in a way that makes the darkness even darker, maybe we should think about getting our light from Someone else before it gets a whole lot darker.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

Rabbi, the Sacred Teacher, Jesus Christ.

Lailah Gifty Akita

If we pray, we shall prosper.

Lailah Gifty Akita

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