#christ

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#christian #eating #go #higher #his

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#afflictions #anxieties #christ #defect #faith

Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship. ↗

— Ben Lindsey

#censorship #christ #first #great #jesus

No one can claim to be called Christian who gives money for the building of warships and arsenals. ↗

— Belva Lockwood

#building #called #christian #claim #gives

Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are? ↗

— Martin Luther

#believers #christ #church #could #faith

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas. ↗

— Robert Staughton Lynd

#arms #because #other #people #round

I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#christian #christian life #good #i #lead

I used to have nightmares about the Antichrist - what would happen, where it would come from, and who it would be. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#antichrist #come #happen #i #nightmares

The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel. ↗

— Ed Markey

#american #american consumer #better #better chance #chance

The moment you enlist in the army of God, you personally become a target. You need to remember that if you're living for and walking with Jesus Christ, the powers of darkness are aligned against you. ↗

— Walter Martin

#aligned #army #become #christ #darkness