Christian Quotes

The miracles of healing, important as they were, were not an end in themselves. They did not constitute the highest good of the messianic salvation. This fact is illustrated by the arrangement of the phrases in Matthew 11:4-5. Greater than deliverance of the blind and the lame, the lepers and the deaf, even than raising of the dead, was the preaching of the good news to the poor. This “gospel” was the very presence of Jesus himself, and the joy and fellowship that he brought to the poor.

~ George Eldon Ladd

We will never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. And we will never be able to wash the feet of those who have hurt us until we allow Jesus, the one we have hurt, to wash ours.

~ Max Lucado

Therefore let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers' (Rom 13.1). The Christian must not be drawn to the bearers of high office; his calling is to stay below. The higher power are over him, and he must remain under them. The world exercises dominion, the Christian serves, and thus he shares the earthly lot of his Lord, who became a servant. 'For there is no power but of God.' (Mark 10.42-45) These words are addressed to the Christians, not to the powers.

~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

There is no excuse for anyone to misunderstand God's Word if he will, like a child, accept the Bible for what it says, and be honest enough to consecrate himself to obey it. He must accept the Bible as God's Word. He must believe that God could not be honest if He sought to hide from man the very things He will judge him by in the end. He must accept the Bible as the final Court of Appeal on its own subjects, and forget man's interpretations and distortion of the Word. He must believe that God knows what He is talking about; that He knows how to express Himself in human language; that He said what He meant, and meant what He said; and that what He says on a subject is more important than what any man may say about it.

~ Finis Jennings Dake

Jesus showed compassion for the hurting and the lost, and so should you.

~ Jim George

Tears are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of compassion.

~ Jim George

A tearless heart is a callous heart.

~ Jim George

To please God, live a godly life and nurture kindness, compassion, justice, and humility.

~ Jim George

It is true that the church must be in many places and with many people, but it is the poor who will reveal to the church—dramatically and poignantly—the nature of its heart and mission.

~ Gary Smith

The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)

~ Muriel Spark

Dare we care at all about current fashions if that means reducing our ability to help hungry neighbors? How many more luxuries should we buy for ourselves and our children when others are dying for lack of bread?

~ Ronald J. Sider

No daylight to separate us.Only kinship. Inching ourselves closer to creating a community of kinship such that God might recognize it. Soon we imagine, with God, this circle of compassion. Then we imagine no one standing outside of that circle, moving ourselves closer to the margins so that the margins themselves will be erased. We stand there with those whose dignity has been denied. We locate ourselves with the poor and the powerless and the voiceless. At the edges, we join the easily despised and the readily left out. We stand with the demonized so that the demonizing will stop. We situate ourselves right next to the disposable so that the day will come when we stop throwing people away.

~ Gregory J. Boyle

It’s easy to talk about how much you love God, but loving others reveals how much you truly do.

~ Elizabeth George

A real friend is one who helps us to think our best thoughts, do our noblest deeds, and be our finest selves.

~ Elizabeth George

It is good to stay in a peaceful poverty than to stay in a painful wealth.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

Rags-to-riches story? I've heard that gospel before, no thanks. I find no greater inspiration than the riches-to-rags story of redemption, the story of God leaving His golden throne to pursue a wretch like me.

~ T. William Watts

It is a sinful abomination for one part of the world's Christians to grow richer year by year while our brothers and sisters ache and suffer for lack of minimal health care, minimal education, and even—in some cases—enough food to escape starvation.

~ Ronald J. Sider

True biblical love is a selfless commitment of one’s body, soul, and spirit to the betterment of the other person.

~ Jim George

God’s Word is the tool the Holy Spirit uses to change our worldly thinking to heavenly thinking.

~ Elizabeth George

When you are obedient to God, He fills you with His Spirit and empowers you to do all He asks of you.

~ Jim George

God’s supernatural self-control is available to us when we walk by the Spirit.

~ Elizabeth George

For wisdom: read your Bible repeatedly and apply its truths often.

~ Jim George

Spiritual warfare is the unseen battle God wages on your behalf.

~ Jim George

True biblical love is a selfless commitment of one's body, soul, and spirit to the betterment of the other person.

~ Jim George

A man after God's own heart is...a man who yearns to please God,a man who desires to grow spiritually,a man who had a heart that obeys.

~ Jim George

If we want to know our God-given gifts, we must know the giver.

~ Eric Samuel Timm

Our bodies are simply our shells, the package for the spirit and the soul.

~ Eric Samuel Timm

You can't rest on yesterday's growth. You must be dedicated to growing today... and every day.

~ Jim George

Salvation is for sinners

~ Ricky Maye

Divine self is rooted in love.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Mediation on the scriptures transforms our lives.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

A gentle answer turns away wrath.

~ Gary Chapman

When you submit yourself to God and obey Him, you allow Him to do what He desires in your life. You make it possible for Him to lead you wherever He wants to use you.

~ Jim George

We are peculiar people called to fulfill a great mission.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The only Christian work is good work well done.

~ Dorothy L. Sayers

One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him.

~ Elizabeth George

Start where you are-do anything you can do, and do everything you can do, until you find something you must do! That something is probably your spiritual gift.

~ Jim George

Nothing in this life will bring true meaning and happiness apart from God.

~ Jim George

To be more precise... death is [contrary to] God, and if death is natural, if it is the ultimate truth about life and about the world, if it is the highest and immutable law about all of creation, then there is no God, then this whole story about creation, about joy, and about the light of life is a total lie.

~ Alexander Schmemann

Who you are in Christ is far more important and meaningful than whatever has taken place in your past.

~ Elizabeth George