“The discussion of prayer is so great that it requires the Father to reveal it, His firstborn Word to teach it, and the Spirit to enable us to think and speak rightly of so great a subject.” ThinkingSpiritFatherSpeakPrayerChristianityTeachSubjectsDiscussion Book:Origen Source: Origen
“The very fact that faith looks to a power beyond itself means that it is continually subject to loss of control. So if you're looking to get control of all your problems, forget Christianity. If you're looking for success, happiness, or freedom from pain, forget Christ. The way of Christ is the cross, and the cross spells weakness, poverty, failure, death.” IfsWayLooksMeanFactsProblemPainFaithChristReligiousLossForgetChristianityPovertySubjectsWeaknessCrossesSpellsSuccess HappinessFreedom From Pain Author:Mike Mason
“Discipleship means adherence to Christ and, because Christ is the object of that adherence, it must take the form of discipleship. An abstract theology, a doctrinal system, a general religious knowledge of the subject of grace or the forgiveness of sins, render discipleship superfluous, and in fact exclude any idea of discipleship whatsoever, and are essentially inimical to the whole conception of following Christ....Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.” MeanIdeasWholeFactsFormChristReligiousSinChristianityGraceSubjectsObjectsFollowingTheologyAbstractConceptionDiscipleshipSuperfluousAdherenceForgiveness Of SinsFollowing Christ Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects--with their Christianity latent.” WantLittlesBookChristianChristianitySubjectsLatent Book:God in the Dock Source: God in the Dock
“Christianity taught us to see the eye of the lord looking down upon us. Such forms of knowledge project an image of reality, at the expense of reality itself. They talk figures and icons and signs, but fail to perceive forces and flows. They bind us to other realities, and especially the reality of power as it subjugates us. Their function is to tame, and the result is the fabrication of docile and obedient subjects.” RealityEyeFormForceResultsChristianityLordFailingSubjectsFiguresTaughtProjectsFlowFunctionPerceiveExpensesIconsObedientTaught UsLooking DownDocileFabrication Book:Anti-Oedipus Source: Anti-Oedipus
“The relation of faith between subject and object is unique in every case. Hundreds may believe, but each has to believe by himself.” BelieveMayFaithChristianityCasesSubjectsObjectsUniqueRelation Author:W. H. Auden
“I have never conceived that having been in public life required me to belie my sentiments, or to conceal them. Opinion and the just maintenance of it shall never be a crime in my view, nor bring injury on the individual. I never will by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance. I never had an opinion in politics or religion which I was afraid to own; a reserve on these subjects might have procured me more esteem from some people, but less from myself.” PeopleMightIndividualReligiousViewsChristianityOpinionSubjectsCrimeEsteemInjurySentimentsBowsIntoleranceReservesPublic LifeMaintenanceShrines Author:Thomas Jefferson
“[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the especial duty of government to foster, and encourage it among all the citizens and subjects. This is a point wholly distinct from that of the right of private judgment in matters of religion, and of the freedom of public worship according to the dictates of one's conscience.” BelieveMatterGovernmentReligiousLibertyChristianityDoubtImpossibleSubjectsDivineDutyCitizensJudgmentWorshipConscienceRevelationsDivine Revelation Author:Joseph Story
“What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of Days has become an infant. He Who sits upon the sublime and heavenly Throne, now lies in a manger. And He Who cannot be touched, Who is simple, without complexity, and incorporeal, now lies subject to the hands of men. He Who has broken the bonds of sinners, is now bound by an infant's bands. But He has decreed that ignominy shall become honor, infamy be clothed with glory, and total humiliation the measure of His Goodness.” MenHandsLyingSimpleWonderChristianitySubjectsBrokenBirthHonorBandGoodnessGloryBoundsAncientComplexityTouchedSinnerHeavenlyThronesSublimeHumiliationInfantAstonishmentInfamyIgnominy Author:Saint John Chrysostom