“And so one may be without connection with any church, and even without connection with any established religion, and yet be in spirit, hence in reality, a much truer Christian than hosts of those who profess to be His most ardent followers, as indeed Jesus Himself so many times says. "By their fruits ye shall know them," said He. "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."” KnowsMaySaidRealityChristianSpiritFatherJesusHeavenChurchChristianityLordConnectionsFruitKingdomsFollowersHostArdentKingdom Of Heaven Book:Thoughts I Met on the Highway and Other Truths Source: Thoughts I Met on the Highway and Other Truths
“I would say that Jesus Christ and his followers were a cult, Buddha and his followers were a cult and Mohammed and his followers were a cult. Every religion starts out as a cult and if it becomes 'box office', it is accepted.” IfsJesusChristChristianityOfficeJesus ChristBoxesAcceptedFollowersCultBox Office Author:Frederick Lenz
“...Christ did not appoint professors, but followers. If Christianity ... is not reduplicated in the life of the person expounding it, then he does not expound Christianity, for Christianity is a message about living and can only be expounded by being realized in men's lives.” IfsMenPersonsDoeChristChristianityMessagesFollowersProfessorsBeing RealDiscipleshipChristian Discipleship Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“y feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in loneliness, surrounded by a few followers, recognized these Jews for what they were and summoned men to fight against them and who, God's truth! was greatest not as a sufferer but as a fighter. In boundless love as a Christian and as a man I read through the passage which tells us how the Lord at last rose in His might and seized the scourge to drive out of the Temple the brood of vipers and adders.” MenFeelingsMightChristianLastsFightingReligiousChristianityLordLonelinessHe ManRoseJewFighterTemplesFollowersSaviorPassagesBoundlessReligious BeliefAtheisticBelief In GodSufferersScourgeChristian AtheistAgainst ReligionVipersCatholic FaithReligious ViewsBoundless LoveAdders Author:Adolf Hitler
“If only Jesus' followers shared his personality. That one shift alone would correct so many of the ridiculous and horrifying things that pass for popular Christianity.” IfsJesusChristianityPersonalityRidiculousFollowersJesus Followers Author:John Eldredge
“The emerging church movement has come to believe that the ultimate context of the spiritual aspirations of a follower of Jesus Christ is not Christianity but rather the kingdom of God. ... to believe that God is limited to it would be an attempt to manage God. If one holds that Christ is confined to Christianity, one has chosen a god that is not sovereign. Soren Kierkegaard argued that the moment one decides to become a Christian, one is liable to idolatry.” IfsBelieveMomentsWould BeChristianSpiritualJesusChristChurchChristianityMovementJesus ChristUltimateKingdomsChosenManageAspirationFollowersSovereignKingdom Of GodConfinedEmergingIdolatryLiable Author:Samir Selmanovic
“You can keep your own religion - Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Mormonism - you just need to add Jesus to the equation. Then you become complete. You become a Buddhist with Jesus, a Hindu with Jesus, a Muslim with Jesus and so on. You can throw out the term Christianity and still be a follower of Jesus. In fact, you can throw out the term Christian too. In some countries, you could be persecuted for calling yourself a Christian, and there is no need for that. Just ask Jesus into your heart, you don't have to identify yourself as a Christian.” NeedsHeartStillsCountryFactsChristianAsksJesusTermChristianityBuddhismCallingAddIslamBuddhistFollowersHinduismEquationsPersecutedMormonism Author:Rick Warren
“At this gathering [Council of Niceau in 324 AD] many aspects of Christianity were debated and voted upon ― the date of Easter, the role of the bishops, the administration of sacraments, and, of course, the divinity of Jesus... until that moment in history, Jesus was viewed by His followers as a mortal prophet... a great and powerful man, but a man nonetheless. A mortal.” MenMomentsCoursesJesusPowerfulChristianityRolesAspectMortalsAdministrationProphetDivinityThat MomentFollowersAdsSacramentsEasterGatheringCouncilBishopsPowerful Man Author:Dan Brown
“My faith in Christ is central to my life. My conversion from a pessimistic atheist lost in a world I didn't understand, to an optimistic believer in a universe created and sustained by a loving God is crucial to me. But following Christ does not mean following His followers. Christ is infinitely more important than Christianity and always will be, no matter what Christianity is, has been, or might become.” WorldBelieveMeanDoeHas BeensImportantMatterGodMightChristianFaithUniverseJesusLostI BelieveUnderstandingChristReligiousChristianityLordBecomingCreatingNo Matter WhatAtheistFollowingBelieverChristian InspirationalConversionOptimisticGod LoveNovelistsFollowersCrucialHave FaithTrust In GodLoving GodCommitment To GodPessimisticConfidence In GodIntimacy With GodSustainingGreatness Of GodFollowing JesusGod Within UsMighty GodCommunion With GodConnecting With GodFollowing ChristI Love God Author:Anne Rice
“Christianity is the only faith whose founder died for His followers in order to enable them to escape the consequences of their sins.” OrderSinChristianityConsequenceDiedFollowersFounders Author:Tim LaHaye
“The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?" Rather he will say, "This is truth. God help me to walk in it, let come what may!"” IfsMayHelpingAsksChristWalksChristianityCostEmbraceHelp MeFollowersGod HelpSelf-denialGod Help Me Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer