Quotes for All
How is it, that for many of us, being a good Christian is nothing more than being a good person? The entire focus of our faith has been the elimination of sin, which is important but inadequate; rather than the unleashing of a unique, original, extraordinary, wonderfully untamed, faith. Erwin McManus
We all have known good critics, who have stamped out poet’s hopes; Good statesmen, who pulled ruin on the state; Good patriots, who, for a theory, risked a cause; Good kings, who disemboweled for a tax; Good Popes, who brought all good to jeopardy; Good Christians, who sat still in easy-chairs; And damned the general … Read more
Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends. Elbert Hubbard
Good Christian people who wouldn’t dream of misbehaving will not catch AIDS. Edwina Currie
To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity. Frederick William Robertson
A good Christian is a velvet-covered brick. Frederick W. Smith
Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell. Frank Borman
You say, \”Well, I am not going to be anyone’s ‘yes man.’ If I see something wrong in a person, I’m going to warn others about it.\” Fine. But beware that what you are calling \”courage to speak out\” is not more truly a deception masking a rebellious, dishonouring attitude. Francis Frangipane
She was a good Christian woman with a large respect for religion, though she did not, of course, believe any of it was true. Flannery O’Connor
Persistence in prayer for someone whom we don’t like, however much it goes against the grain to begin with, brings about a remarkable change in attitude. F. F. Bruce