#christ

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

If Mitt Romney is vanilla, Chris Christie is three hefty scoops of Rocky Road topped with whipped cream, Red Bull, and gravel. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#chris #christie #cream #gravel #mitt

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

I liked working with Tom Christopher as he was great as Hawk, and Wilfred Hyde White but I wished it were in a different context as the changes really tuned off the audience. ↗

— Gil Gerard

#changes #christopher #context #different #great

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