Quotes About Being A Christian

#1. Being a Christian, I'm eager to introduce people to Jesus. I just don't think I should do it in the science classroom.

Kenneth R. Miller

#2. When we think of "taking Christ into the workplace" or "keeping Christ in the home," we are making our faith into a set of special acts. The "specialness" of such acts just underscores the point - that being a Christian, being Christ's isn't thought of as a normal part of life.

Dallas Willard

#3. If you define evolution as merely meaning change over time, then I don't see any problem with a person being a Christian and believing in evolution. But that's not how textbooks define evolution. They define evolution as being random and undirected without plan or purpose.

Lee Strobel

#4. Being a Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.

Pope Francis

#5. Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them.

Pope Francis

#6. Being a Christian means accepting Christ as your savior, your God. That's why you are called a 'Christian.' If you remove Christ, there's only 'ian' and that means 'I am nothing.'

Manny Pacquiao

#7. Being A Christian doesn't mean I won't fall ... It means Jesus will catch me, when I do ...

John Hagee

#8. Becoming a Christian is the work of a moment; being a Christian is the work of a lifetime.

Billy Graham

#9. Reading is an exercise for learning how to write and vice versa. I have read myself into being a Christian, but I have also written myself into being a Christian.

Stanley Hauerwas

#10. I have attacked no one as not being a Christian, I have condemned no one.

Soren Kierkegaard

#11. Even beautiful things such as forgiveness, clear conscience, joy in life, and adoption into the family of God are all benefits of being a Christian, but not the ultimate goal.

Jefferson Bethke

#12. Any gospel which purports to save people without also transforming them is inviting easy-believism. If you think being a Christian is nothing more than saying a prayer or joining a church, then you've confused real grace with cheap grace. Those who are justified will be sanctified.

Kevin DeYoung

#13. Being a Christian doesn't mean trouble never comes our way, Zach. It just means God is here, and He gives us the grace to get through the heartache.

Colleen Coble

#14. I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill the vacuum. If you have nothing else, it can be unhealthy. For me being a Christian has been invaluable: it simply means acting isn't the centre of my life.

David Oyelowo

#15. Being a Christian ... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.

Patrick Henry

#16. Early in the winter of 2002, I gave my life to the Lord. Before I was one, I always thought being a Christian would be boring. In reality, it has been the complete opposite.

Zach Johnson

#17. You can never completely get it - being a Christian - but I think I really got it when my first son was born in 2006. I just realized the love that God has for all of us. It was seeing my son born and knowing the unconditional love that I have for him.

Mark Teixeira

#18. She talks about being a Christian as if it's a gym membership you can sign up for.

Michel Faber

#19. Don't you see any contradiction between being a Christian and being the chauffeur for a major right-wing figure?

Haruki Murakami

#20. When you're a teenager - How do you determine what being a Christian looks like, if you're not willing to be as transparent as the realty TV world we live in? If we are to make it easy for others to find God, we must be more diligent about sharing our stories, openly and honestly.

Sarah Jakes

#21. I have a hard problem, being some part Native American - being a Christian: do you get burned, do you get cremated, do you get - let the sharks eat you? How do you die?

Duane Chapman

#22. You'd know if you were [a cat person]. It's like being a Christian or a Muslim. You just KNOW when you are one.

Helen Brown

#23. Being a Christian does not exempt us from tough training, which may mean suffering. If the training were easy, we would not be prepared for the tough days ahead.

Billy Graham

#24. The Christian apologist has become someone who is virtually expected to apologize for being a Christian, and that has to stop.

Richard Platt

#25. In terms of me being a Christian, going to Israel was really cool. Going to the West Bank, Bethlehem, floating in the Dead Sea - that was great for me.

Larry Fitzgerald

#26. I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

David Oyelowo

#27. Christianity is a lifestyle. And being a Christian is more than a label.

Joyce Meyer

#28. Real religion is not about being a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim. Real religion is about loving God, & dedicating ones life to be an instrument of Gods compassion, kindness towards other living beings.

Radhanath Swami

#29. If you are accused of being a Christian, there should be enough evidence to convict you.

Joyce Meyer

#30. Being a Christian is more like falling in love than understanding a series of ideas.

Donald Miller

#31. If I were a capitalist I would not give my employees health insurance with no deductible, which I do, including dental, and paid pregnancy leave. That's not called capitalism, that's called being a Christian and someone who believes in democracy, so that everyone should get a fair slice of the pie.

Michael Moore

#32. We should give our children the impression that the most wonderful thing in the world is Christianity; and that there is nothing in life comparable to being a Christian.4 MARTYN-LLOYD JONES

John F. MacArthur Jr.

#33. These, of course, are far more enlightened times, when it is only acceptable to believe that not being a Christian is likely to mean one is a criminal only if one is a Muslim (or at least so we've been assured by people who claim to know such things),

Peter David

#34. I thought being a Christian was about following rules and going to church and being good all the time, but this girl helped me understand that it's about having a relationship with God. That was where things shifted for me.

Kelly Clark

#35. No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed.

Hannah More

#36. Somehow many have fallen into the belief that being a Christian is supposed to be a cake-walk. It's not.

Monica Johnson

#37. Being a Christian then is more about celebrating mystery than conquering it.

Rob Bell

#38. And then he went from Saul to Paul, from being the best at being a Jew to being the best at being a Christian. Only, at some point he realized that no one could really pull that off. That's when Paul finally understood grace.

Nadia Bolz-Weber

#39. Does Christianity merely mean we must forfeit our Sunday mornings to church attendance, or does being a Christian noticeably improve our lives?

Richard Blackaby

#40. So if the world hates us, we take courage that it hated Jesus first. If you're wondering whether you'll be safe, just look at what they did to Jesus and those who followed him. There are safer ways to live than by being a Christian.

Shane Claiborne

#41. Drinking bear is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's rebellion.

Alice Cooper

#42. There is absolutely no reward on earth for being a Christian. You get it only on payday in Heaven, not while you are still working for Jesus on earth.

Felix Wantang

#43. One of the bonuses of being a Christian is the glorious hope that extends out beyond the grave into the glory of God's tomorrow.

Billy Graham

#44. What I love to say when people ask me about being a Christian, I always say, 'Christians aren't perfect.' They're probably some of the worst people on the planet. They just know that they need Jesus. That's the only difference.

Yvette Nicole Brown

#45. Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will.

Eric Metaxas

#46. Our society's obsession with tolerance leads to intolerance. Simply being a Christian today is an offense to our culture.

Charles Colson

#47. The fact that my continuous and public rejection of Christianity does not worry me in the least should suggest to you just how inadequate I think your reasons for being a Christian are.

Sam Harris

#48. 'Doing your own thing' and being a Christian is an oxymoron. As Christians, every day we need to be presenting ourselves before the Lord, thanking Him for His mercy and asking Him to make us more like Him by emptying us of our will, so God's will can be done.

Monica Johnson

#49. Being a Christian is more like having your soul possessed by a spirit than having your mind clothed with new beliefs ... It is like being haunted by the Holy Ghost.

Peter Kreeft

#50. One of the joys of being a Christian or being a person of faith is that you believe deep down that death isn't the worst thing, you know. Not living your life: that's the worst thing. And death is not, it's not all it's cracked up to be. It's not, it's not the end of the world.

Gene Robinson

#51. In my opinion, being a Christian is a noticeable behavior. If you have to tell somebody you're a Christian, then you're probably not doing it right.

Steve Maraboli

#52. I believe there is an obedience to the Gospel, there is a self-denial and a bearing of the cross, if you are to be a follower of Christ. Being a Christian is a serious business.

Billy Graham

#53. It is ironic that America, with its history of injustice to the poor, especially the black man and the Indian, prides itself on being a Christian nation.

James H. Cone

#54. Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that's a tough call. That's real rebellion.

Alice Cooper

#55. I'd often thought being a Christian meant by definition being a bad one, since nothing is more difficult than Christianity, so I was more or less used to that feeling.

Charlaine Harris

#56. Whatever others around you think, don't you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.

J.C. Ryle

#57. Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion; it is like a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.

Billy Graham

#58. Becoming "new" in Christ is a wonderful beginning, but it isn't the end of pain or problems in our lives. It is the beginning of our facing up to them. Being a Christian involves a lifetime of hard work, dedicated study, and difficult decisions.

Billy Graham

#59. My view of Christianity is that the hallmark of being a Christian is to reach out to people who have been left behind. So I think there was a religious aspect to my decision to support civil unions.

Howard Dean

#60. If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being a Christian.

Pope Francis

#61. Many people confuse religion with God and walk away from them both. The point isn't Christianity, the point is being a Christian.

Rob Bell

#62. Being a Christian means having love. That is unbelievably difficult and, at the same time, incredibly simple.

Pope Benedict XVI

#63. I like how someone once said being a Christian is not about having new ideas but having new eyes. This is the ability to have our hearts broken with the things that break the heart of God. That is part of what it means to be a Christian.

Shane Claiborne

#64. If you think there's an important difference between being a Christian or a Jew or a Hindu or a Muslim or a Buddhist, then you're making a division between your heart, what you love with, and the way you act in the world.

Coleman Barks

#65. Action with and for those who suffer is the concrete expression of the compassionate life and the final criterion of being a Christian.

Henri J.M. Nouwen

#66. I went from being a Christian missionary to an atheist.

Daniel Everett

#67. Everybody understands that the basis of being a Christian is that everyone has fallen short of God's ideal. Everyone understands that. We understand is that when there's a problem or failure is the family sticks together.

Anna Holmes

#68. I see so many people. They just seem to be hopeless. Being a Christian and being a pastor, the ultimate hope is in Jesus.

Richie Furay

#69. Being a Christian is not a political orientation for the president, but he is a centrist.

Cornel West

#70. It is not just becoming a Christian; it is also being a Christian all the time, 24 hours a day.

Billy Graham

#71. Becoming a Christian takes only a single step; being a Christian means walking with Christ the rest of your life.

Billy Graham

#72. Being a Christian doesn't mean that our struggles are necessarily different from those of non-Christians; it's just that our solution to the struggles is different.

Bobby Richardson

#73. Being a Christian is about living an inviting example.

Ricky Maye

#74. Being a Christian doesn't mean I don't get stressed or upset when training doesn't go well. But even if I have those reactions, I think, 'I should pray about this.'

Catriona Le May Doan

#75. She said Halloween is a British tradition and it has nothing to do with being a Christian. I almost said Why do you celebrate it then 'cos I always forgot she was born in England.

Annabel Pitcher

#76. Being a Christian has not and does not come naturally or easy for me. I take that to be a good thing because I am sure that to be a Christian requires training that lasts a lifetime.

Stanley Hauerwas

#77. I'm always in a place that is sincere but conflicted about different things that come with being a Christian and being an active, churchgoing Christian.

Sara Zarr

#78. If any man should ask me what is the first, second, and third part of being a Christian, I must answer 'Action!'

Thomas Brooks

#79. The beautiful thing about being a Christian is that you never have to allow all the garbage from the road behind you to get flung onto where you walk today." (Life Hacks, p.32

Jon Morrison

#80. There are few things quite so boring as being religious, but there is nothing quite so exciting as being a Christian!

W. Ian Thomas

#81. My job isn't to go around judging people. Priests are meant to teach love and forgiveness. That to me is the essence of being a Christian. And trying to find that love and forgiveness in ourselves and others every day should be a challenge that we want to achieve.

Rosamund Lupton

#82. Being a Christian means renouncing ourselves, taking up the cross and carrying it with Jesus. There is no other way.

Pope Francis

#83. The idea behind The Hole in Our Gospel is quite simple. It's basically the belief that being a Christian, or a follower of Jesus Christ, requires much more than just having a personal and transforming relationship with God. It also entails a public and transforming relationship with the world.

Richard Stearns

#84. After that I went home and Sally put what was left of me to bed; next day, being a Christian family, we saluted the happy morn with the Hell and Hades of a row because I wouldn't get up and go to early service, my sister being quite determined that even if I didn't get up. I shouldn't sleep.

Dion Fortune

#85. Christianity is not a doctrine, not truth as truth, but the knowledge of a Person; it is knowing the Lord Jesus. You cannot be educated into being a Christian.

Theodore Austin-Sparks

#86. We think being a Christian means to go to church on Sunday and trying to be good through the week. Now I see it means suffering, being willing to let the hard things happen to you, so that God can use us to do His work on this earth!

Kimberly L. Smith

#87. So one aspect of becoming a Christian is having to leave behind what everyone else thinks and wants, the prevailing standards, in order to enter the light of the truth of our being, and aided by that light to find the right path. Mary

Pope Benedict XVI

#88. Unfortunately, the simplest things - such as thinking for myself, creating my own reality and being whatever the hell I want to be each day of my life - are a sin. To be a good Christian basically means to give up the reigns of your life and let some unseen force do it for you.

Brandon Boyd

#89. Directors go their whole career without being able to tell personal stories and to work with a cast as talented as they are.

Christian Bale

#90. A Christian is not somebody who stays away from all the wicked things he loves and clings to all the righteous things he hates so that he can go to heaven. The fear of the Christian is not going to hell. The fear of the Christian is being separated from Christ.

Paul Washer

#91. You will certainly grant me that neither antiquity nor whatever nation has devised a more repulsive and blasphemous absurdity than that of eating your God. This is the most disgusting dogma of Christian religion, the greatest insult to the Highest Being, the climax of madness and insanity.

Frederick The Great

#92. People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation with no fear of God before its eyes mocks at sin. We are so fond of being called tolerant and broadminded that we wink at sin when we ought to weep.

Vance Havner

#93. I'm so fed up with being told that I'm a bad person because I don't subscribe to the same exact narrow views [Christians] have.

Wil Wheaton

#94. Because the Lord loves us He chastens and rebukes us. Modern sentimentality has reduced God to a tolerant indulgent grandfatherly being who winks at our transgressions.

Vance Havner

#95. Our goal is to see Big History become a normal part of high school curricula. I'd love to see it being taught in lots of languages. A global course.

David Christian

#96. As a Christian I do not have to find my validity in my status, or by thinking myself above other men. My validity and my status are found in being before the God who is there.

Francis A. Schaeffer

#97. For me, I've never been too concerned of what people think of me, so now as the youngest Baldwin brother in Hollywood making movies while simultaneously being a charismatic evangelical born again Christian who's an evangelist - that's a pretty crazy combination.

Stephen Baldwin

#98. To a sinner, a righteous person is an oddity and an abnormality. A Christian's goodness is a rebuke to the wicked; his being right-side up is a reflection upon the worldling's inverted position.

Billy Graham

#99. It doesn't make your life stop being fun to be a Christian.

Victoria Jackson

#100. Spiritual formation for the Christian basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such a way that it becomes like the inner being of Christ himself.

Dallas Willard