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“Christianity is not a series of truths in the plural, but rather truth spelled with a capital 'T.' Truth about total reality, not just about religious things.
Biblical Christianity is Truth concerning total reality - and the intellectual holding of that total Truth and then living in the light of that Truth.”
“Christianity is not a set of beliefs or doctrines one believes in order to be a Christian, but rather Christianity is to have one's body shaped, one's habits determined, in such a way that the worship of God is unavoidable.”
“Christianity is not a spectator sport. It's something in which we become totally involved.”
Source: Billy Graham in Quotes
“Christianity is not a sprint but an endurance run. Therefore it is not how we start the race that counts, but how we complete it. How we finish is determined by the choices we make, and those are often formed by patterns we develop along the way.”
Source: Honor's Reward: How to Attract God's Favor and Blessing
“Christianity is not a system of philosophy, nor a ritual, nor a code of laws; it is the impartation of a divine vitality. Without the way there is no going, without the truth there is no knowing, without life there is no living.”
Source: John: The Gospel of Belief
“Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process.”
Source: Aids to reflection in the formation of a manly character on the several grounds of prudence, morality, and religion
“Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in your beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken.”
“Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good. The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior. Too many people have walked away from the church, not because they’re walking away from Jesus, but because the church has walked away from Jesus.”
“Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.”
“Christianity is not about how much faith you have. It's about Who your faith is in.”
“Christianity is not about how to escape from the difficulties of life - it is about how to face the difficulties of life.”
“Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring.”
Source: Dangerous Wonder: The Adventure of Childlike Faith
“Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring. The grace of God is preposterous enough to accept as beautiful a coloring that anyone else would reject as ugly. The grace of God sees beyond the scribbling to the heart of the scribbler - a scribbler who is similar to two thieves who hung on crosses on either side of Jesus. One of the two asked Jesus to please accept his scribbled and sloppy life into the kingdom of God and He did. Preposterous. And very good news for the rest of us scribblers.”
“Christianity is not about moving away from vice to virtue. It's moving away from virtue to Christ.”
“Christianity is not about not swearing. It’s not about not having impure thoughts. Really, it’s not about not at all. Christianity is about Jesus.”
Source: Jesus Is: Find a New Way to Be Human
“Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.”
“Christianity is not being weighed in the balance and found wanting. It's being tried, found difficult and rejected!”
“Christianity is not consistency to conscience or to convictions; Christianity is being true to Jesus Christ.”
Source: Biblical Ethics / The Moral Foundations of Life / The Philosophy of Sin: Ethical Principles for the Christian Life
“Christianity is not devotion to work, or to a cause, or a doctrine, but devotion to a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Source: He Shall Glorify Me: Talks on the Holy Spirit and Other Themes
“Christianity is not engrossed by this transitory world, but measures all things by the thought of eternity.”
“Christianity is not for seasonal use, it is for daily use. Make the word of God your daily Language.”
Source: Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
“Christianity is not just for the strong; it's for everyone.”
Source: Encounters with Jesus: Unexpected Answers to Life's Biggest Questions
“Christianity is not just involved with "salvation", but with the total man in the total world. The Christian message begins with the existence of God forever, and then with creation. It does not begin with salvation. We must be thankful for salvation, but the Christian message is more than that. Man has a value because he is made in the image of God.”
Source: Art and the Bible
“Christianity is not primarily about lifestyle change; it is about knowing God.”
“Christianity is not rationalism, but faith in Gods revelation. A conspicuous, all-important item in that revelation is the resurrection of the body.”
Source: The Resurrection
“Christianity is not so much the advent of a better doctrine as of a perfect character.”
Source: Nature and the Supernatural, as together constituting the one system of God ... Fourth edition
“Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls like Wesley, Wilberforce, Bonhoeffer, John Paul the Second, and Billy Graham. Each showed, in their own way, the relentless and powerful influence of the message of Jesus Christ.”
“Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls.”
“Christianity is our foe. If animal rights is to succeed, we must destroy the Judeo-Christian religious tradition.”
“Christianity is part of the Common Law of England.”
“Christianity is part of the law of England.”
“Christianity is part of the laws of England.”
“Christianity is Platonism for the people.”
Source: Beyond Good and Evil
“Christianity is radically different from every other religion in the world.”
“Christianity is realistic because it says that if there is no truth, there is also no hope, and there can be no hope if there is no adequate base. It is prepared to face the consequences of being proved false and say with Paul, if you find the body of Christ, the discussion is finished, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. It leaves absolutely no room for a romantic answer.”
“Christianity is realistic because it says that if there is no truth, there is also no hope; and there can be no truth if there is no adequate base. It is prepared to face the consequences of being proved false and say with Paul: If you find the body of Christ, the discussion is finished, let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die. It leaves absolutely no room for a romantic answer.”
“Christianity is reasonable in virtue of the impossibility of the contrary.”
“Christianity is religion for the executioner.”
Source: Twilight of the Idols
“Christianity is seen by more and more people as a negative message: anti gay, anti immigrant, anti abortion (as the only life issue), anti gay marriage, anti the Democratic party.”
“Christianity is so much more than getting your doctrine right, but it is not less.”
“Christianity is spooky, exhausting, and constraining—it's only a good thing to give hope to the hopeless, and to keep violent weirdos tame.”
“Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids him desire to be like God. Without such a counterpoise, this dignity would make him horribly vain, or this humiliation would make him terribly abject.”
Source: Thoughts, Letters, and Minor Works
“Christianity is such a silly religion.”
“Christianity is the best way to cure gayness — just get on your knees, take a swig of wine, and accept the body of a man into your mouth.”
“Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.”
“Christianity is the complete negation of common sense and sound reason.”
“Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization.”
“Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization. It has kept mankind in slavery and oppression. The Church and the State have always fraternally united to exploit the people.”
“Christianity is the gayest religion, you know. Its core commandment to men is to form a deep lifelong partnership with ANOTHER MAN. It demands real man-on-man, man-on-Jesus love action, no holds barred. It's the most homophilic religion in the universe.”
“Christianity is the greatest civilizing, moulding, uplifting power on this globe.”
Source: A Discourse Delivered at Williamstown, June 29, 1886: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of His Election as President of Williams College