All Quotes By Tag: Christian

“Faith means be faithfulness to God.”

“Faith means faithfulness to God.”

“The greatest joy is the grace of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.”

“Until God draws you to himself, can you come close to Him.”

“Our first loyalty is to the Lord God.”

“Sin is a shameful act.”

“The only true testimony is the Truth of God.”

“In the morning, lift my hands towards the heavens. And surrender my heart in prayer to the Most High God.”

“Whoever calls on the Savior, shall be saved.”

“Faith in God is an eager expectation.”

“How strange it is beholding this,and, very confident,proclaim that such magnificenceoccurred by accident.”

“Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”

“I carried a bravado about my drinking like I was a hero of debauchery. But on that Christmas Day, I felt like shit. I had a vague realisation that I was just trying to keep up with some version of myself that I had decided was accurate.”

“Of course, Mary Magdalene would have very little tolerance for the Christian platitudes and vapid optimism that seem to swirl around these kinds of tragic events. Those platitudes are tempting, but they’re nothing but luxuries for people who’ve never had demons (or at least have never admitted to them). But equally, she would reject nihilism, or the idea that there is no real meaning in life or death – ideas present in so much of postmodernity. Those ideas, too, are luxuries, but they are for those who have never been freed from demons.”

“My former bishop Allan Bjorberg once said that the greatest spiritual practice isn’t yoga or praying the hours or living in intentional poverty, although these are all beautiful in their own way. The greatest spiritual practice is just showing up. And Mary Magdalene is the patron saint of just showing up. Showing up, to me, means being present to what is real, what is actually happening. Mary Magdalene didn’t necessarily know what to say or what to do or even what to think when she encountered the risen Jesus. But none of that was nearly as important as the fact that she was present and attentive to him.”