#christianity

I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#call #christianity #churches #communism #communist

Christianity has always seemed to fight a losing battle against race. ↗

— Charles Hamilton Houston

#always #battle #christianity #fight #losing

Jews do not have to be Christians. Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism, but too utopian, too hopeful, too unrealistic a turn. ↗

— Michael Novak

#christians #hopeful #jews #judaism #too

My stress resulted from not knowing God, not trusting him with my whole heart, seeking peace and purpose from the world instead of from him, and from being so afraid of change that I would rather suffer than obey. ↗

— Tracie Miles

#god #peace #stress #trust #change

Peter's destiny lay along a different path from John's. And your calling is unlike anyone else's. But the call remains the same: "Follow Me! ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#jesus-christ #leadership #peter #purpose #leadership

Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#saint #sanctification #sin #attitude

Christianity stretches back through the ages, but in essence it exists only at one time: right now. ↗

— Yann Martel

#age

And don't succumb too much to the spell of these cases. I have seen many other fragments of the cross, in other churches. If all were genuine, our Lord's torment could not have been on a couple of planks nailed together, but on an entire forest.' 'Master!' I said, shocked. 'So it is, Adso. And there are ever richer treasuries. Some time ago, in the cathedral of Cologne, I saw the skull of John the Baptist at the age of twelve.' 'Really?' I exclaimed, amazed. Then, siezed by doubt, I added, 'But the Baptist was executed at a more advanced age!' 'The other skull must be in another treasury,' William said, with a grave face. I never understood when he was jesting. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#humour #age

A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself. ↗

— Francis A. Schaeffer

#christianity #art

What a comfort to know that God is a poet. ↗

— Rachel Held Evans

#christianity #god #poetry #art