“You might say, 'Can't we have a more human Christianity, without the cross, without Jesus, without stripping ourselves?' In this way we'd become pastry-shop Christians, like a pretty cake and nice sweet things. Pretty, but not true Christians.” WayHumansMightChristianJesusChristianityNiceSweetCrossesShopsCakePastriesStrippingSweet ThingsNice Sweet Author:Pope Francis
“I have found that lived out, the hardest place to be a Christian is to be in a nice prosperous country with a lot of entertainment options because there's so many distractions.” CountryChristianFoundChristianityNiceEntertainmentHardestDistractionProsperousProsperous Country Author:Philip Yancey
“If God, in the Christmas mystery, reveals himself not as One who remains on high and dominates the universe, but as the One who bends down, descends to the little and poor earth, it means that, to be like him, we should not put ourselves above others, but indeed lower ourselves, place ourselves at the service of others, become small with the small and poor with the poor. It is regrettable to see a Christian who does not want to lower himself, who does not want to serve. A Christian who struts about is ugly: this is not Christian, it is pagan.” WantMeanDoeUseShowsChristianUniversePoorNiceDown AndBad ThingsPaganismShowing Off Author:Pope Francis
“We don't have a lot of churches in America; we have a lot of really nice brick buildings on finely manicured lawns! Just because someone says they are of the Church or they are Christian, doesn't make it so.” ChristianAmericaChurchNiceBuildingBricksReally NiceLawns Author:Paul Washer