#jesus

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

My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. ↗

— Mary (mother of Jesus)

#god #joy #spirit #jesus

The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that 'if English was good enough for Jesus, then it's good enough for me. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#english #translations #jesus

Dear Jesus, do something. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

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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

مرَّ المسيحُ عليه السلام بقوم من اليهود فقالوا له شرًّا. فقال لهم خيرًا ، فقيل له : إنهم يقولون شرًّا ، وتقول لهم خيرًا ؟ فقال: كلُّ واحدٍ يُنْفِقُ مما عنده . ↗

— محمد الغزالي

#words #jesus

I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#sacrilege #jesus

The stamp of the Saint is that he can waive his own rights and obey the Lord Jesus. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

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For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, the demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break! ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

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