(853 quotes found)
“The purpose of Christianity is not to avoid difficulty, but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; rather it tries to make us great enough for life.”
James L. Christensen
“If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.”
C.S. Lewis
“If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be - a Christian”
Mark Twain
“Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected the world”
Voltaire
“He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of Christianity, will revolutionize the world”
Benjamin Franklin
“Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites.”
Thomas Jefferson
“Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives”
Blaise Pascal
“And what does the lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God (Micah 6:8).”
Bible
“Christianity is the story of how the rightful King has landed, you might say in disguise, and is calling us all to take part in His great campaign of sabotage”
“Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than going to the garage makes you a car.”
Dr. Laurence J. Peter
