Luther was guilty of two great crimes – he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly.
Christianity Quotes
I come now to our doctrine. Many people condemn it out of prejudice, without hearing or exploring it. They are to occupied with some opinion or other that totally dulls the sharp edge of their minds. I am not going to mention the insults and even criminal acts that are imputed to us in an […]
The people of this island and of all other islands which I have found and seen… all go naked… they… are so artless and free with all they possess, that no one would believe it without having seen it. Of anything they have, if you ask them for it, they never say no; rather they […]
It seems to me to be the best proof of an evangelical disposition, that persons are not angry when reproached, and have a Christian charity for those that ill deserve it.
The children of Christians are considered holy; and even though born with only one believing parent, by the apostle’s testimony they differ from the unclean seed of idoloters.
Christianity is not a religion of transcendental abstraction, or brilliant speculation; its children are neither monks, mystics, epicureans, nor stoics. It is the religion of loving, speaking, and doing, as well as believing. It is a life as well as a creed. It has a rest for the heart, a word for the tongue, a […]
You’ll be riding along in an automobile. You’ll be the driver perhaps. You’re a Christian. There’ll be several people in the automobile with you, maybe someone who is not a Christian. When the trumpet sounds you and the other born-again believers in that automobile will be instantly caught away – you will disappear, leaving behind […]
He simply wanted to be loved, nothing more. Of course, there are those who love him, even among Christians. But they are not numerous.
I can hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true; for if so the plain language of the text seems to show that the men who do not believe, and this would include my Father, Brother and almost all my best friends, will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable doctrine.
I was an atheist. Then I became a Christian. Then I became a born-again Christian, and now I have become a Christian patriot. An all that happened in a two-week period.