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• Prayer is not only asking, it is an attitude of heart that produces an atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural, and Jesus says, "every one that asketh receiveth."

  Oswald Chambers

  Jesus, Prayer, Attitude

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• I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

  Peter Jennings

  Years, Empires, Execution

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• He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Anger, Humility, Church

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1839). “Aids to reflection in the formation of a manly character on the several grounds of prudence, morality and religion”, p.72

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• The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell.

  Saint Augustine

  Inspirational, Life, Education

  "Mathematics in Western Culture". Book by Morris Kline, 1953.

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• A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Doe, Praying

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• It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things.

  Billy Connolly

  Religion, Islam, Different

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• She was a good Christian woman with a large respect for religion, though she did not, of course, believe any of it was true.

  Flannery O'Connor

  Christian, Believe, Religion

  Flannery O'Connor (1971). “The Complete Stories”, p.316, Macmillan

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• Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity.

  Lionel Blue

  People, Devil, Christianity

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• If Mitchell was ever going to become a good Christian, he would have to stop disliking people so intensely.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Christian, People, Ifs

  Jeffrey Eugenides (2011). “The Marriage Plot: A Novel”, p.301, Macmillan

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• The Christian response is contained in these two fundamental dogmas: that of the Trinity and that of the Incarnation. In the trinitarian dogma God is one, good, true, and beautiful because he is essentially Love, and Love supposes the one, the other, and their unity.

  Hans Urs von Balthasar

  Beautiful, Christian, Two

  Hans Urs von Balthasar (1993). “My Work: In Retrospect”, p.57, Ignatius Press

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• To some degree Satanism is purely a kind of disease of Christianity. You've got to really be Christian to believe in Satan.

  Alan Moore

  Christian, Believe, Degrees

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• A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

  John Lothrop Motley

  Christian, Lawyer, Good Lawyer

  John Lothrop Motley (2011). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History”, p.207, Cambridge University Press

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• Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.

  Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

  Witty, Literature, Ancient

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• Often Satan injects pride into the believer's spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a very outstanding person, one who is indispensable in God's work. Such a spirit constitutes one of the major reasons for the fall of believers.

  Watchman Nee

  Attitude, Fall, Pride

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.555, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it to death.

  Watchman Nee

  Attitude, Self, Saint

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.294, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• Every human activity, except sin, can be done for God's pleasure, if you do it with an attitude of praise.

  Rick Warren

  Attitude, Done, Sin

  Rick Warren (2010). “Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life: Scriptures and Reflections from the 40 Days of Purpose”, p.37, Harper Collins

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• Persistence in prayer for someone whom we don't like, however much it goes against the grain to begin with, brings about a remarkable change in attitude.

  F. F. Bruce

  Prayer, Attitude, Persistence

  Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., Peter H. Davids, F. F. Bruce, Manfred Brauch (2010). “Hard Sayings of the Bible”, p.364, InterVarsity Press

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• A test of a Christian's character is what he does after he comes to the blockade in the road and what his attitude is after everything has left him except Jesus.

  Lester Roloff

  Christian, Jesus, Attitude

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• That a Jew is despised or persecuted is bad for him, of course-but far worse for the Christian who does it-for although persecuted he can remain a good Jew-whereas no Christian who persecutes can possibly remain-if he ever was one-a good Christian.

  Phyllis Bottome

  Christian, Justice, Diversity

  Phyllis Bottome (1998). “The Mortal Storm”, p.190, Northwestern University Press

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• You say, "Well, I am not going to be anyone's 'yes man.' If I see something wrong in a person, I'm going to warn others about it." Fine. But beware that what you are calling "courage to speak out" is not more truly a deception masking a rebellious, dishonouring attitude.

  Francis Frangipane

  Attitude, Men, Speaks Out

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• Most soulish believers assume an attitude of self-righteousness, though often it is scarcely detectable. They hold tenaciously to their minute opinions we ought to lay aside the small differences and pursue the common objective.

  Watchman Nee

  Attitude, Differences, Self

  Watchman Nee (2006). “Journeying Towards the Spiritual: A Digest of the Spiritual Man in 42 Lessons”, p.55, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.

  Watchman Nee

  Attitude, Gods Will, My Own

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• If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what I think of as my strong points; if I adopt a superior attitude, forgetting "Who made thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou hast not received?" then I know nothing of Calvary love.

  Amy Carmichael

  Strong, Attitude, Thinking

  Amy Carmichael (2003). “If: What do I Know of Calvary Love?”, p.13, CLC Publications

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• God Almighty never intended that the devil should triumph over the Church. He never intended that the saloons should walk rough-shod over Christianity.

  Billy Sunday

  Sports, Church, Devil

  Billy Sunday (1970). “Billy Sunday speaks”

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• I am an average good Christian, when you don't push my Christianity too far. And all the rest of you—which is a great comfort—are, in this respect, much the same as I am.

  Wilkie Collins

  Christian, Average, Comfort

  Wilkie Collins (2015). “The Moonstone (Mystery Thriller Classic): Detective story from the prolific English writer, best known for The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, The Law and The Lady, The Dead Secret, Man and Wife, Poor Miss Finch, The Black Robe and more”, p.145, e-artnow

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