“I have a Christian worldview and so it shapes the way that I view issues. I don't apologize for that, and I don't think people of faith ought to shrink away from being in the public arena.” PeopleThinkingWayChristianViewsIssuesOughtShapesApologizingArenaShrinksWorldviewWorld ViewChristian Worldview Author:John Thune
“Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without you see no glory, nor can possibly imagine any. Nothing is visible but the merest outline of dusky shapes. Standing within all is clear and defined; every ray of light reveals an army of unspeakable splendors.” LightChristianChristianityClearImagineShapesGloryStandingWindowArmyDefinedVisibleRaysWithout YouOutlinesSplendorChristian FaithCathedralsUnspeakableRays Of Light Author:John Ruskin
“One reason there are so many unhappy Christians is they feel God should be doing them favors and heaping upon them material rewards and benefits, rather than working as a Carpenter to shape their lives back into His own image.” FeelsShouldReasonChristianMaterialsShapesBenefitsRewardsFavorsUnhappyCarpenter Author:Jamie Buckingham
“The logic of cross and resurrection, of the new creation which gives shape to all truly Christian living, points in a different direction. And one of the central names for that direction is joy: the joy of relationships healed as well as enhanced, the joy of belonging to the new creation, of finding not what we already had but what god was longing to give us.” GivingWellsDifferentChristianJoyNamesCreationShapesFindingsCrossesLogicLongingBelongingResurrectionChristian LivingHealedDifferent Directions Author:N. T. Wright
“I am discovering that in trying to find God's will and the shape of the Christian life I have begun an adventure so great that its total completion will always be ahead.” TryingChristianAdventureShapesGods WillChristian LifeDiscoveringCompletion Author:Keith Miller