#chris

It is not possible to be 'incidentally a Christian.' The fact of Christianity must be overwhelmingly first or nothing. This suggests a reason for the dislike of Christians by nominal or non-Christians: their lives contain no overwhelming first but many balances. ↗

— Sheldon Vanauken

#christianity #religion #religion

The first and foremost reality is that suffering and death are not only enemies of life, but a means of reminding us of life's twin realities, love and hate. ↗

— Ravi Zacharias

#jesus #death

Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters: flip-flopping politicians who speak in poll-tested platitudes. Yes, he's the anti-Romney. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#authentic #blunt #brash #christie #governor

A good conscience is a continual Christmas. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#conscience #continual #good

I've always loved Christmas and that's not really gone away from me from being a child to now. It's always a magical time and I'm unashamed in my love for Christmas. ↗

— Martin Freeman

#away #being #child #christmas #gone

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#better #child #christmas #first #hopefully

When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#blessed #christian #christianity #disciple #divine

In such a case, it would be almost sure of success, if the active members of a society established for that purpose, were inclined to meet the poor as men, as brethren, and as Christians. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#almost #brethren #case #christians #established

The history of Christianity, therefore, must be of concern to all who are interested in the record of man and particularly to all who seek to understand the contemporary human scene. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#concern #contemporary #history #human #interested

Compared with the thousands of years in which human life has been on this planet, Christianity is a recent development. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#christianity #compared #development #human #human life