“If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing. Tradition and memory of the past must help us to have the courage to open up new areas to God.” IfsWantHelpingChristianPastMemoriesClearSafeAreasTraditionPast Memories Author:Pope Francis
“From the 9th to the 15th centuries, the area which is now modern Spain was home to the greatest peaceful agglomeration of cultures ever known in the post-literate worldEven more remarkable than the flowering of art itself was the confluence of cultures that produced it: under the rule of Islam, Muslims, Jews and Christians lived and worked together in relative harmony.” ArtHomeChristianTogetherCultureKnownModernCenturyAreasHarmonyIslamJewPeacefulPostsRemarkableRelativeSpainFloweringConfluence Author:Maya Beiser
“Later, a large band of Christians mounted an attack on this native lord, butchering him along with vast numbers of his people and taking all the survivors into slavery, where they duly perished, so that today not a trace remains of what was previously a community with dominion over an area of some thirty leagues.” PeopleTodayChristianCommunityNumbersLordAtheismBandAreasSlaveryRemainsLeagueThirtyNativeSurvivorDominion Author:Bartolome de las Casas
“It is not enough for the Church to be engaged with the State in healing social ills, though this is important at times. But when the world can turn around and see a group of God's people exhibiting substantial healing in the area of human relationships in their present life, then the world will take notice. Each group of Christians is, as it were, a pilot plant, showing that something can be done in the present situation, if only we begin in the right way.” PeopleIfsWorldWayHumansImportantStatesDoneEnoughChristianTurnsSocialChurchHealingSituationGroupsAreasPlantEngagedPilotsRight WayHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsPresent LifePresent Situation Author:Francis Schaeffer
“There are those, of course, who deny that they need any form of authority. They are the popular atheists and agnostics. Such men say that they must be shown by 'reason' whatever they are to accept as true. But the great thinkers among non-Christian men have taken no such position. They know that they cannot cover the whole area of reality with their knowledge.” KnowsMenNeedsReasonWholeRealityChristianFormCoursesAcceptingTakenPositionAuthorityAreasAtheistDenyThinkerGreat Thinkers Author:Cornelius Van Til
“The difference, I think, that matters is which of the religions are dangerous. They're all crazy, but which ones have the potential to turn that into death. In that area, I think we have to worry the most about the Muslims and the Christians” ThinkingMatterChristianTurnsDifferencesWorryCrazyDangerousAreas Author:Bill Maher
“I think that the Court's task, in this as in all areas of constitutional adjudication, is not responsibly aided by the uncritical invocation of metaphors like the ' wall of separation,' a phrase nowhere to be found in the Constitution.” ThinkingChristianFoundReligiousWallAreasTasksConstitutionCourtMetaphorSeparationPhrasesInvocation Author:Potter Stewart
“Nowhere have the forces of intolerance been displayed less tolerantly than in the area of religious speech and practice.” ChristianForceReligiousPracticeSpeechAreasIntolerance Book:The things that matter most Source: The things that matter most
“I think we all have room to grow. I think every Christian really does need to take up their cross in a lot of areas of life and say, "Man, listen, regardless of what kind of backlash I'm going to get, I need to stand for what I believe in."” ThinkingMenNeedsBelieveKindDoeChristianI BelieveGrowsRoomsAreasCrossesI Believe InBacklash Author:LeCrae
“You can fall in the area of your strength as easily as you could fall in the area of your weakness.” ChristianFallLeadershipChurchWeaknessAreas Author:Johnny Hunt
“In Celtic Ireland the name Leo was Lugh, another solar hero and mystic. In Wales he was Llew, to the Romans Lugus, to the Sumerians Lughal. Its not the same dude on walkabout, it's the Astrological sign of Leo. In the Christian iconography we have one of the Evangelists represented by a Lion. In the Nativity scenes we see 4 animals around the cradle of the Son/Sun king. One of these is also a Lion. Christians probably believe that there was one in the area and just happened to wander into the inn to take a peek at sleeping Jesus. Good thing it wasn't very hungry.” BelieveChristianJesusNamesSleepAnimalSunHappenedSonKingsHeroSceneAreasGood ThingsHungryWanderLionsIrelandCradleMysticWalesCelticInnsEvangelistsIconographyNativitySumerians Author:Michael Tsarion
“You start questioning yourself: Who am I? Where do I belong? Where am I going? Why is my city divided? Why are we not allowed to enter in certain areas? We used to ask my father why the Christians lived in another neighborhood and didn’t come to our neighborhood. I think my father was trying to avoid having us think about these issues.” ThinkingTryingChristianUsedCertainAsksFatherCitiesIssuesAreasNeighborhoodDividedQuestioning Author:Rula Jebreal
“God is concerned that Christians live consistent with their profession even in the seemingly small and insignificant areas of life.” ChristianAreasConcernedProfessionConsistentInsignificant Author:Max Anders
“We can no longer have forbidden areas of the human mind, or cultural machinery. We have taken upon ourselves the acquisition of so much power that we now must understand what we are. We cannot travel much further with the definitions of man that we inherit from the Judeo-Christian tradition. We need to truly explore the problem of consciousness.” MenNeedsMindHumansProblemChristianConsciousnessTakenAreasTraditionDefinitionsHuman MindForbiddenMachineryAcquisition Author:Terence McKenna
“If you go into Hasakah province in northeast Syria, that's an area that's as big as Lebanon. It's controlled by the Kurds, the Christians and the moderate Sunnis. And there are airstrips and hotels. You could settle a lot of people there.All we would have to do is be willing to provide them with some weaponry, some defensive weaponry.” PeopleIfsBigsChristianWillingAreasSettlingHotelControlledSyriaModeratesProvincesLebanonWeaponryKurds Author:Benjamin Carson
“Especially in urban areas, nobody cares so much [about castes], because you are forced to live in the same buildings. There is so, so little space. You can't be thinking about whether you are living in a street that has only Brahmins, or in a building that has been touched only by Muslims or Christians. You just live there, because that's the only place that you can find. So such distinctions just crumble away. There are people who maintain them, at all costs. But for the most part, it doesn't matter.” PeopleThinkingLittlesHas BeensMatterCareChristianSpaceStreetsBuildingCostAreasDistinctionTouchedUrbanJust LiveCastesNobody CaresUrban AreasBrahmins Author:Anita Rau Badami
“I was influenced by my children's education in Quaker schools in the Philadelphia area. I experienced a spiritual awakening and became a Christian, was baptized, and joined a church.” ChildrenSchoolChristianSpiritualChurchAreasAwakeningMy ChildrenSpiritual AwakeningPhiladelphiaBaptizedQuaker Author:Mike Berenstain
“The term Christian used to be a pejorative. Back in the day, Christians were persecuted; however, over time, it became one of the word's biggest religions. Same thing with the term Mormons in the religious area. Mormons didn't want to be called that. They wanted to be called Latter-day Saints. It's only been in recent decades that they kind of shifted that position and took ownership of it.” WantKindWantedChristianUsedTermReligiousPositionAreasSaintDecadesUsed To BeLatterOwnershipPersecutedBack In The DayLatter DaysLatter Day Saints Author:Simon Tam
“I think what you see a lot of in American religion, even in areas of American Christianity that don't go all the way with Osteen to the idea that God wants you to have this big house and so on, the nature of American religion right now, the fact that it is so non-denominational and post-denominational, the most successful churches have to be run more like businesses than ever before. I think that just exposes Christians to a constant temptation to think about the ministry more as a business than they sometimes should.” ThinkingWayWantShouldIdeasSometimesFactsBigsRunningChristianHouseChurchChristianitySuccessfulRight NowAreasConstantTemptationPostsMinistryBig Houses Author:Ross Douthat
“I think everybody needs healing. My understanding of human beings is that we were created in the image of God but we are all fallen, and Jesus died for us so that we can be redeemed. Every Christian is in a process of healing in some way. God's original creation was good, and in some ways fallen away from that. And in every area of our life we need to be healed and restored and to become more Christ-like.” ThinkingWayNeedsHumansChristianJesusProcessUnderstandingChristHuman BeingsHealingOur LivesCreationAreasDiedOriginalsFallenHealedGod ImageRedeemedChrist Like Author:Nicky Gumbel
“Two of the many areas of conflict between Judeo-Christian values and leftism concern the separation between the holy and the profane and the separation between humans and animals.” HumansTwoChristianValuesAnimalHolyConflictAreasConcernSeparationProfaneHumans And AnimalsChristian Values Author:Dennis Prager
“I realised that God has placed Christians everywhere, to support each other, to support the needy in those areas, and that is the thing that I find is a great plus.” ChristianSupportAreasPlusRealisedNeedy Author:Cliff Richard
“The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result.” FirstsChristianSpiritualSpiritualityLossResultsAreasChristian LifeInwardSinful Life Book:True Spirituality Source: True Spirituality
“I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state; it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people.” PeopleThinkingShouldStatesChristianAreasJerusalem Author:Patti Smith
“Preaching the gospel without the Holy Spirit is to miss the entire point of the command of Jesus Christ for our era. In the area of "Christian activities" or "Christian service," how we are doing it is at least as important as what we are doing.” ImportantGodChristianSpiritSpiritualityJesusChristMissingHolyActivityJesus ChristAreasCommandErasHoly SpiritPreachingChristian ServicePreaching The Gospel Book:True Spirituality Source: True Spirituality
“In two areas above all others the Christian demonstration of love and communication stands clear: in the area of the Christian couple and their children; and in the personal relationships of Christians in the church. If there is no demonstration in these two places, on the personal level, the world can conclude that orthodox Christian doctrine is nothing but dead, cold words.” IfsWorldChildrenTwoGodChristianSpiritualityChurchLevelsClearCommunicationColdCoupleAreasDoctrineOrthodoxDemonstrationOrthodox ChristianPersonal RelationshipsChristian DoctrineLove And Communication Book:True Spirituality Source: True Spirituality