“To build character of purpose and integrity is our high mark, and that cannot be done in a world where there are no adverse elements.” WorldDoneCharacterChristianPurposeIntegrityElementsMarkChristian InspirationalAdverse Author:Vance Havner
“Jesus Christ rose from the grave.' With this proclamation, the Christian church began. This may be the fundamental element of Christian faith; certainly it is the most radical.” MayChristianJesusChristChurchElementsJesus ChristFundamentalsRoseGravesRadicalChristian FaithProclamationChristian Church Book:The Gnostic Gospels Source: The Gnostic Gospels
“As a result of changes which, over the last century, have modified our empirically based pictures of the world and hence the moral value of many of its elements, the "human religious ideal" inclines to stress certain tendencies and to express itself in terms which seem, at first sight, no longer to coincide with the "christian religious ideal".” WorldFirstsHumansSeemsChristianLastsCertainValuesTermReligiousResultsMoralCenturyElementsIdealsSightStressTendenciesMoral ValuesIncline Book:The Divine Milieu Source: The Divine Milieu
“I sometimes call my new system 'Italian pagan Catholicism,' but it could more accurately be called 'pragmatic liberalism,' with roots in Enlightenment political philosophy. It is a synthesis of the enduring dual elements in our culture, pagan and Judeo-Christian, Romantic and Classic.” SometimesPhilosophyChristianPoliticalCultureElementsEnlightenmentRootsEndureClassicLiberalismCatholicismItalianPolitical PhilosophyPaganPragmaticSynthesis Author:Camille Paglia
“It struck me that many Christians flash around their 'no trans fat' label, trying to convince everyone they are healthy and good. Yet they have no substantive or healthful elements to their faith. It's like the Laodiceans, who thought they had everything until Christ told them they were poor and wretched.” TryingChristianChristPoorHealthyElementsFatsLabelsConvinceFlashWretchedTrans Book:Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God Source: Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
“I think you can hear the struggles and hear a realness in Theocracy songs, a human element that you don't get from a lot of the typical Christian stuff.” ThinkingHumansChristianSongStuffStruggleElementsTypicalTheocracyRealness Author:Matt Smith