#chris

I remember thinking, That's what I need - and that hope was in Jesus Christ. ↗

— Willie Aames

#hope #i #i remember #jesus #jesus christ

Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#death #devastating #disgraceful #dying #helpless

The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#before #christ #confucius #first #golden

In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. ↗

— Richard Bach

#christmas #idea #states #united #united states

If we who follow Christ, with all the facts before us and knowing what we are about, deliberately choose the kingdom of God as our sphere of interest, I see no reason why anyone should object. If we lose by it, the loss is our own; if we gain, we rob no one by so doing. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#life #religion #religion

I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#developed #dogs #fear #i #morbid

Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show! ↗

— Ted Allen

#guest #like #much #putting #show

If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the racks of blue denim. ↗

— Ian Anderson

#blue #brown #came #christ #get

If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#because #christ #go #himself #looking

My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. I'm very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and I'd save it for like five months. And then I'd spend it on Christmas presents. I'd save up like eight pounds. It's nothing, but we did that. ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#christmas #did #eight #fact #five