“Most incredible, however, are the times we know Christ is with us in the midst of our daily, routine lives. In the middle of cleaning the house or driving somewhere in the pick-up, He stops us. . . in our tracks and makes His presence known. Often it's in the middle of the most mundane task that He lets us know He is there with us. We realize, then, that there can be no "ordinary" moments for people who live their lives with Jesus.” PeopleKnowsMomentsHouseJesusChristRealizingKnownChristianityMiddleOrdinaryPicksJesus ChristTasksIncrediblesTrackDrivingMidstRoutineCleaningMundaneDaily RoutinesClean HouseOrdinary MomentsRoutine Life Author:Michael Card
“A Christian marriage is [not] one with no problems or even a marriage with fewer problems. (It may well mean more problems.) But it does mean a life in which two people are able to accept each other and love each other in the midst of problems and fears. It means a marriage in which selfish people can accept selfish people without constantly trying to change them -- and even accept themselves, because they realize personally that they have been accepted by Christ.” PeopleTryingWellsMayMeanDoeHas BeensTwoProblemAbleChristianChristRealizingAcceptingChristianityAnd LoveSelfishAcceptedMidstFewerNo ProblemLove Each OtherTrying To ChangeSelfish PeopleChristian Marriage Author:Keith Miller
“The philosophy of love and peace strangely overlooked who was in possession of the guns. There had been love and peace for some time on the continent of Africa because for all this time black men had been captivated by the doctrines of Christianity. It took them centuries to realize its contradictions. ... perhaps there was no greater crime as yet than all the lies Western civilization had told in the name of Jesus Christ.” MenPhilosophyLyingReligionJesusNamesBlackChristRealizingChristianityGreaterCenturyCrimeCivilizationGunJesus ChristWesternPossessionDoctrineContradictionContinentsOverlookedWestern CivilizationPeace And LoveCaptivatedPhilosophy Love Author:Bessie Head
“I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help, it is the concrete methods of practice.” IfsThinkingHelpingFoundRealizingChristianityPracticeTeachingBuddhismElementsMethodIslamBuddhistConcreteJudaism Author:Nhat Hanh
“If you're a writer and you are at all inclined to speak as a Christian in some way, you realize very quickly that the conventional language is pretty much useless. It takes a long time to get past that, or it has taken me a long time. People in conventional Christianity have spoken lightly and sometimes frivolously of God for a long time. It's a word that needs to be used sparingly, in my opinion.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsLongSometimesChristianPastUsedSpeakLanguageRealizingChristianityOpinionTakenLong TimeUselessConventional Author:Wendell Berry
“It wasn't until I started reading the history of religion that I understood that the definition of Christianity has shifted in many different directions over time, and the mainstream view today certainly doesn't have any exclusive ownership of what being a Christian means. Realizing that freed me to use the terminology without needing to be tied down to it.” MeanDifferentUseTodayChristianReadingRealizingViewsChristianityUnderstoodDefinitionsMainstreamTiedOwnershipExclusiveDifferent DirectionsTerminology Author:Tim DeChristopher
“Christianity has not message for those who do not realize they are sinners.” RealizingChristianityMessagesSinner Author:C. S. Lewis
“All this anti-Christian rhetoric that you see coming from the government, all this anti-Christian push, is not really an attack on Christianity. It's an effort to make you realize that God is your government. Your government is God.” GovernmentChristianRealizingEffortChristianityRhetoricAnti Christian Author:Rafael Cruz
“The demolishment of the power of organized Christianity in the Western world to finally realize the emancipation of women and give them the vote in 1920. Women couldn't even own property in their own names until the last quarter of the 19th century in America.” WorldGivingLastsAmericaNamesRealizingChristianityCenturyVotePropertyWesternOrganizedQuarters19th CenturyEmancipationWestern World Author:John Shelby Spong
“There is no reason to not trust your process, no reason to get frustrated, no reason to criticize, or judge others, nothing wrong with getting old, or not being able to get pregnant, or being handicapped, or being short or tall or gay, or injured, or divorced or married to an idiot, or with Christianity or Judaism or Islam, or indigenous beliefs, or pollution, crime, war, Bush, etc. When this understanding grows, we realize where we're at now is just as perfect as wherever we could possibly get to.” WarReasonAbleBeliefGrowsProcessUnderstandingRealizingPerfectChristianityCrimeJudgingGayMarriedIslamIdiotEtcNo ReasonCriticizeTallPollutionPregnantFrustratedJudaismGetting OldDivorcedIndigenousInjuredHandicapped Author:Bryan Kest
“In Destroyer of the gods I focus on several major features of early Christianity that made it distinctive, even odd or bizarre .We don't today realize just how different early Christianity was in that context.” MadeDifferentTodayRealizingChristianityFocusMajorsMade ItOddFeaturesBizarreDistinctiveDestroyers Author:Larry Hurtado