#christianity

"Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed."

"I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a man nailed to two pieces of wood."

"The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin."

"If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave."

"The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree of knowledge. The subtext is, 'All the suffering you have is because you wanted to find out what was going on. You could be in the Garden of Eden if you had just kept your fucking mouth shut and hadn't asked any questions."

"I cannot encourage any fabrication even for the sake of making people feel good. If I were to fabricate consciously and knowingly, I would not only be ordaining myself their enemy, but also ordaining myself God's enemy."

"The split in America, rather than simply economic, is between those who embrace reason, who function in the real world of cause and effect, and those who, numbed by isolation and despair, now seek meaning in a mythical world of intuition, a world that is no longer reality-based, a world of magic."

"At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse."

"To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are."

"As I ponder my pilgrim’s progress to Orthodoxy, however, I realize that I didn’t make the trip alone, but in a two-seater. And I wasn’t the one driving."

"Like apes, we breed, sleep, and die. Yet like God we say, "I am."We are ontological oxymorons."

"Christ did not die to save people, but to teach people how to save each other. This is, I have no doubt, a grave heresy, but it is also a fact."

"I don't think it's possible to c-call yourself a C-Christian and... and j-just leave out the awkward bits.' -Wilfred Owen"

"It is just as crazy not to be crazy about Christ as it is to be crazy about anything else."

"The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law."

"The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness."

"You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle."

"What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects--with their Christianity latent."

"When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within."

"This is a time when all of God's people need to keep their eyes and their Bibles wide open. We must ask God for discernment as never before."