#chris

Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of the Pagan. ↗

— Ouida

#christianity #death #gay #made #pagan

Our greatest fear as individuals & as a church should not be of failure, but of suceeding at things in life that dont really matter. ↗

— Francis Chan

#church #life

The connection between art and Christ is like the connection between sunlight and the sun. It is, in fact, the connection between Sonlight and the Son. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#catholicism #christ #christianity #god #jesus

Once I was free in the shackles of sin: Free to be tempted, just bound to give in; Free to be captive to any desire; Free to eternally burn in hell’s fire. ‘Til Someone bought me and called me His slave: Bound by commands I am free to obey; Captive by beauty I’m free to adore-- Sentenced to sit at His feet evermore. ↗

— John MacArthur

#christ #freedom #god #hell #sin

One congressman asked 'I just want to know if you've accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior. The minister looked stunned, and he said 'no.' The whole table almost fell on the floor. The congressman was quite serious. That was his litmus test. ↗

— Jim Sasser

#almost #asked #christ #congressman #fell

The Bible- banned, burned, beloved. More widely read, more frequently attacked than any other book in history. Generations of intellectuals have attempted to discredit it; dictators of every age have outlawed it and executed those who read it. Yet soldiers carry it into battle believing it is more powerful than their weapons. Fragments of it smuggled into solitary prison cells have transformed ruthless killers into gentle saints. Pieced together scraps of Scripture have converted whole whole villages of pagan Indians. ↗

— Charles Colson

#scripture #the-bible #age

In this age, there is no substitute for Christianity. That was the religion of the founders of the republic, and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants. The great, vital and conservative element in our system is the belief of our people in the pure, doctrines and divine truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. ↗

— United States House Judiciary Committee of Congress

#founders #gospel #republic #age

From His eternal perspective, it's tolerable to allow our temporary dreams to fall apart. ↗

— Jennie Allen

#dreams #surrender #dreams

The Christian doctrine of suffering explains, I believe, a very curious fact about the world we live in. The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the nature of the world: but joy, pleasure, and merriment He has scattered broadcast...The security we crave would teach us to rest our hearts in this world and oppose an obstacle to our return to God...Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#pain #pleasure #suffering #home

No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. ↗

— Noah Webster

#basis #christian #christian religion #evident #free