#chris

Jesus Christ is a prince of peace. He told us to live in peace. He told us to love our enemies. He told us to do good to them that spitefully use us. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#good #jesus #jesus christ #live #love

I cite in my book countless examples of the foundational documents of the colonial period in America and the writings of the leaders, that this was intended to be a Christian nation. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#book #christian #christian nation #cite #colonial

Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest! ↗

— Chris Rock

#american idol #christopher #christopher reeve #contest #dance

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#christ #christians #i #i do #like

I knew I was going from the flock of Christ and had no resolution to return, hence serious reflections were uneasy to me, and youthful vanities and diversions were my greatest pleasure. ↗

— John Woolman

#diversions #flock #going #greatest #greatest pleasure

Christ is a persuasion, a form evoking desire, and the whole force of the gospel depends upon the assumption that this persuasion is also peace: that the desire awakened by the shape of Christ and his church is one truly reborn as agape, rather than merely the way in which a lesser force succumbs to a greater, as an episode in the endless epic of power. (3) ↗

— David Bentley Hart

#christianity #eastern-orthodox #beauty

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#children #christmas time #filled #filling #god

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#christian #difficult #found #ideal #left

I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from the angels and the saints. I work them in always, in some way. ↗

— Anne Rice

#angels #away #christianity #far #far away

I wish we had more visible Christian and Catholic leaders who talked about love. ↗

— Anne Rice

#catholic #christian #had #i #i wish