Quotes tagged ‘Christ’

“The post-game show is brought to you by...[searches through his papers] Christ, I can’t find it. To hell with it.”

— David S. Ward, Harry Doyle, Bob Uecker, imdb.com

“Yeah, well, there’s this dawning awareness that, out of a plethora of heroes, the ultimate hero will emerge. Think about this psychologically. Just think about it psychologically. Imagine that what human beings are trying to do is abstract out the ultimate patterns for modes of Being. So what they d…”

— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com

“The Power of Christ compels you!”

— William Peter Blatty, Father Karras, Jason Miller, imdb.com

“Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.”

— Dr. Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

“Thanksgiving -- giving thanks in everything -- prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.”

— Ann Voskamp, amazon.com

“I can't profess to understand God's plan. Christ promised a resurrection of the dead. I just assumed he had something a little different in mind.”

— Glen Mazzara, Robert Kirkman, Hershel Greene, Scott Wilson, imdb.com

“I deserve it. I deserve it. I've been bad. Help me now. Show me the way. Go on, tell me what to do. Tell me. Tell me. God! That's okay. Never you mind, silly Christ boy. I ain't begged you before. I ain't gonna start begging now. I ain't gonna beg you now! Don't you worry about me begging you ever!…”

— Jack LoGiudice, Charles H. Eglee, Frank Darabont, Merle Dixon, Michael Rooker, imdb.com

“Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair.”

— Charles Spurgeon, amazon.com

“My trust is not that I am holy, but that, being unholy, Christ died for me. My rest is here, not in what I am or shall be or feel or know, but in what Christ is and must be,— in what Christ did and is still doing as He stands before yonder throne of glory.”

— Charles Spurgeon, amazon.com

“The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com

“Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com

“The most experienced psychologist or observer of human nature knows infinitely less of the human heart than the simplest Christian who lives beneath the Cross of Jesus. The greatest psychological insight, ability, and experience cannot grasp this one thing: what sin is. Worldly wisdom knows what dis…”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com

“Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com

“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com

“Now listen to me you little fuckin' piece of shit; I'm gon' tell you one thing, and one thing only, about the Western boys you're playing with: We do not lose! and we do not forget! and we do not give up! Ever! So I'm only gon' say this one time: If you march yo' ass out here right now and put the b…”

— David Simon, Ellis Carver, Seth Gilliam, imdb.com

“Faith for me plays big around the aspect of love and hope. I have had the opportunity to have people come into my life and love me with a Christ like love. Through that love I am empowered to continue my story and spread that same love to others. To have faith in something bigger than yourself allow…”

— Amy Bleuel, medium.com

“There are things about organized religion which I resent. Christ is revered as the Prince of Peace, but more blood has been shed in His name than any other figure in history. You show me one step forward in the name of religion and I’ll show you a hundred retrogressions.”

— Frank Sinatra, reprints.longform.org

“If you believe in the Christmas story, it’s the story of a child born into poverty. Let’s decide this year to honor Christ’s story and help make the poor less poor. Or let’s do it just because it’s right.”

— Andy Richter, twitter.com

“I know this is painful for the ladies to hear, but if you get married, you have accepted the headship of a man, your husband. Christ is the head of the household, and the husband is the head of the wife, and that's the way it is, period.”

— Pat Robertson, books.google.com

“And at this day, the blessedness brought to us by Christ cannot be the subject of our praise, without reminding us, at the same time, of the distinguished honor which God was pleased to bestow on Mary, in making her the mother of his Only Begotten Son.”

— John Calvin, amazon.com