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It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!
Family prayer is the greatest deterrent to sin, and hence the most beneficent provider of joy and happiness. The old saying is yet true: 'The family that prays together stays together.'
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.
I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the latter in the being worshipped by many who think themselves Christians.
Prayer is my chief work, and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest.
The mark of a life governed by the Holy Spirit is that such a life is continually and ever more and more occupied with Christ, that Christ becomes greater and greater as time goes on.
Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.
A man who loves you the most is the man who tells you the most truth about yourself.
Creative words generate energy; negative words drain out energy.
Faith is reacting positively to a negative situation.
I left Europe [for India] as a Christian, I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist without ever having ceased to be a Christian.
Liberal Catholics are the worst enemies of the Church.
God does not reveal himself in strength or power, but in the weakness and fragility of a newborn babe.
Christians claim that life has no meaning if you stop pretending to know things you don't know, though they phrase it more tersely as life has no meaning without faith.
Lord, may I think what you want me to think. May I desire what you want me to desire. May I speak as you want me to speak. May I work as you want me to work.
I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.
Find joy in the ordinary.
If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be — a Christian.
I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
We have become so accustomed to the religious lie that surrounds us that we do not notice the atrocity, stupidity and cruelty with which the teaching of the Christian church is permeated.
Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.
You are not hopeless. You are not helpless. Because there is a God who is alive and loves you!
God hears and He sees, and you are not alone in your struggles. Remain firm and stable, for God has your deliverance planned.
Did Christ finish His work for us? Then there can be no doubt but He will also finish His work in us.
But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?
I have to look at our staff and ask the hard question - Would I hire them again?
A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
Religion is the fruit of the Spirit, a Christian character, a true life.
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
How often God takes away our consolations, that we may only love Him for Himself; and reveals our sinfulness, that we may better appreciate the completeness of his salvation!
Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christ’s pursuit of us.
Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus humility, happiness, and holiness.
The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.
Christianity is not a spectator sport. It's something in which we become totally involved.
All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!
To keep the wrong leader in the wrong place prevents the right leader from being in the right place.
There is a strain of loneliness infecting many Christians, which only the presence of God can cure.
New level, New devil.
Never stop forgiving.
Move with the movers.
The Lord will provide.
Leaders love progress.
Christians are losers.
We must never edit God.
Avarice is always poor.
Resources follow vision.