#chris

These things I have written to you so you may know that you have eternal life. ↗

— Apostle John

#religion

Belief must be something different from a mixture of opinions about God and the world, and of precepts for one life or for two. Piety cannot be an instinct craving for a mess of metaphysical and ethical crumbs. ↗

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

#christianity #piety #religion #religion

Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#secular #separation-of-church-and-state #teacher

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#true

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#christianity #god #heart #jesus #st-augustine

Nothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#christ

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time. ↗

— Francis Chan

#god #jesus #needs #pastor #wants

Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#christianity #criticism #judgement #philosophy #spirituality

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#evangelism #jesus

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts! ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#christmas #religion #religion