#christian

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#christian #churches #enslave #human #human inventions

Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life. ↗

— Luis Palau

#christian life #evangelism #life #option

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#christ #christianity #dogma #gateway #intricate

To be like Christ is to be a Christian. ↗

— William Penn

#christian #like

A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear. ↗

— Jena Malone

#christian #cool #high #high school #just

I love those preliminary conversations about who a character is. You try on wigs, shoes and clothes. It's preferable when it's not about looking pretty. It can get a little dull to just be cute. We talk about things like, maybe my character can't afford these Christian Louboutins. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#afford #character #christian #clothes #conversations

After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldn't, I came to the conclusion the Bible was true and Jesus Christ was God's Son. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#bible #came #christ #christianity #conclusion

I am not a Christian because God changed my life; I am a Christian because of my convictions about who Jesus Christ is. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#am #because #changed #christ #christian

As a reward for their efforts, however, those early Christians were beaten, stoned to death, thrown to the lions, tortured and crucified. Every conceivable method was used to stop them from talking. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#christians #conceivable #crucified #death #early

For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#assaulted #being #centuries #christianity #distinguished