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Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child.

More than the painting you see or the music you hear, the words you read become in the very act of r...

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Frederick BuechnerWishful Thinking: A Theological ABC

The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding; in reality there has been only one Christian,...

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Religions cannot change you. If you are angry, you will become an angry Muslim or Hindu. If you are ...

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There is little hope of the repentance and redemption of certain some until they have committed one ...

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The back door of every tomb opens on a hilltop.

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not t...

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The usual notion of prayer is so absurd. How can those who know nothing about it, who pray little or...

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O miracle—thus to be able to give [peace] we ourselves do not possess, sweet miracle of our empty ha...

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Satan is too hard a master. He would never command as did the Other with divine simplicity: 'Do like...

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Teaching is no joke, sonny! ... Comforting truths, they call it! Truth is meant to save you first, a...

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We pay a heavy, very heavy price for the superhuman dignity of our calling. The ridiculous is always...

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His face frankly displays his suffering, expressing it with a truly royal simplicity. At such moment...

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A Christian people doesn't mean a lot of goody-goodies. The Church has plenty of stamina, and isn't ...

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The wish to pray is a prayer in itself.

For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not w...

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There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.

We’re so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we’ve got men like Atticus to go for us...

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You are my Beloved, on you my favor rests.' It certainly is not easy to hear that voice in a world f...

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I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.

If you're a Christian you don't sit there and worry about what somebody else is doing, if they're ha...

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Muhammad adhered meticulously to the charter he forged for Medina, which - grounded as it was in the...

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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can und...

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He does not regard the quantity of faith, but the quality. He does not measure its degree, but its t...

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Is there any pleasure on earth as great as the circle of Christian friends by a good fire?

A true Christian, who is born anew of the Spirit of Christ, is in the simplicity of Christ, and hath...

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A Christian is of no sect. He can dwell in the midst of sects, and appear in their services, without...

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One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at t...

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Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.

I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-...

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We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which i...

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Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Then said he, ’I am going to my Father’s; and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now ...

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O my Mansoul, I have lived, I have died, I live, and I will die no more for thee. I live that thou m...

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On the Day of Judgment , life and death are not determined by the world but by God's wisdom and law

I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and n...

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All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they ...

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It is not the mere fear of punishment that restrains [man] from sin. Loving and revering God as his ...

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When God descends to us he, in a certain sense, abases himself and stammers with us, so He allows us...

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John CalvinInstitutes of the Christian Religion

The salvation of all the elect is not less certain than the power of God is invincible.

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John CalvinInstitutes of the Christian Religion

Suffering can bend & break us. But it can also break us open to become the persons God intended us t...

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The Degree to which I am blessed staggers me... the degree to which I take that for granted shames m...

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Servant of God well done! Well hast thou fought The better fight.

What is sin?It is the glory of God not honored.The holiness of God not reverenced.The greatness of G...

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The "war" is being fought along the line between sin and righteousness in every family. It is being ...

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He came to destroy sin because it is fatal.

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John Piper (artist)Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

The only people who soul can truly magnify the Lord are...people who acknowledge their lowly estate ...

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John Piper (artist)Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

If we are cut loose from the anchor of God's Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of persona...

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John Piper (artist)Jesus: The Only Way to God: Must You Hear the Gospel to Be Saved?

What is sin?It is the glory of God not honored.The holiness of God not reverenced.The greatness of G...

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The "war" is being fought along the line between sin and righteousness in every family. It is being ...

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He came to destroy sin because it is fatal.

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John Piper (theologian)Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

He came to destroy sin because it is fatal.

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John Piper (artist)Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

The only people who soul can truly magnify the Lord are...people who acknowledge their lowly estate ...

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John Piper (artist)Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

If we are cut loose from the anchor of God's Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of persona...

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John Piper (artist)Jesus: The Only Way to God: Must You Hear the Gospel to Be Saved?

What is sin?It is the glory of God not honored.The holiness of God not reverenced.The greatness of G...

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The "war" is being fought along the line between sin and righteousness in every family. It is being ...

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The only people who soul can truly magnify the Lord are...people who acknowledge their lowly estate ...

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John Piper (theologian)Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

If we are cut loose from the anchor of God's Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of persona...

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John Piper (theologian)Jesus: The Only Way to God: Must You Hear the Gospel to Be Saved?

What is sin?It is the glory of God not honored.The holiness of God not reverenced.The greatness of G...

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The "war" is being fought along the line between sin and righteousness in every family. It is being ...

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He came to destroy sin because it is fatal.

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John Piper (theologian)Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

The only people who soul can truly magnify the Lord are...people who acknowledge their lowly estate ...

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John Piper (theologian)Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

If we are cut loose from the anchor of God's Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of persona...

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John Piper (theologian)Jesus: The Only Way to God: Must You Hear the Gospel to Be Saved?

It was a common saying among the Christians in the primitive Church, "The soul and the body make a m...

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When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man...

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Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an ...

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It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.

The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he will not exist at all.

I tell you that what has changed is the whole conception of human life- that men of every race on th...

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Going to church doesn't make you any more a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car.

Tradition is an element that enters into play with destiny, because you are born into a particular f...

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The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life...

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When the Church tries to embody the rule of God in the forms of earthly power it may achieve that po...

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When the president of the United States flicks the switch to light up the Christmas tree on the Whit...

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If you really think there's a Santa, why don't you sit on the front steps all night in the freezing ...

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Lewis BlackI'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas

Hearing God is not all that difficult. If we know the Lord, we have already heard His voice - after ...

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Loren CunninghamIs That Really You

The wisdom of God's Word is quite clear on believers being unequally yoked. And marrying someone who...

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Growing up is a process that never ends. It isn't a point you attain so you can say, Hooray, I'm gro...

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From the shoulders, slowly a pair of wings unfolded, wings made of rainbows, of light upon water, of...

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If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for i...

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Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.

I'm theologically in line with the Roman Catholic Church. I believe in the authority of the church, ...

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A lot of Christian extremism has done a great deal to discredit religion the main religious traditio...

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If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be—a Christian.

I am much afraid that the universities will prove to be the great gates of hell, unless they diligen...

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The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good...

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If anyone attempted to rule the world by the gospel and to abolish all temporal law and sword on the...

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Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner,...

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Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner,...

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Mike Huckabee represents something that is either tremendously encouraging or deeply disturbing, dep...

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No sooner was the wound given than the remedy was provided and revealed.

Events are not determined by the wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by the wheels of Providence, ...

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Matthew HenryMatthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible

I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be...

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God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.

We will never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. And we will never be able to wash the feet ...

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We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just...

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Max LucadoExperiencing the Heart of Jesus: Knowing His Heart