Holiness of life is not the privilege of a chosen few – it is the obligation, the call, and the will of God for every Christian. – Mother Angelica
I got interested in the Vikings, and then you realize that there isn’t much to be read about them because they did not write their history. It was written by hostile witnesses, by Christian monks and so on. From what I could see and understand, I was really excited about it. I loved their culture and loved their gods. – Michael Hirst
Some Jews and Muslims accuse Christians of being idolatrous for believing in the Trinity. My response to both groups is that they fundamentally misunderstand the Christian understanding of the Trinity. – Miroslav Volf
I’m a born-again Christian. I was raised Episcopalian – I’ve always been of a Christian faith, but I became much more active in it when I married my first husband, Marvin. I changed from Episcopalian to Baptist. – Natalie Cole
The Vikings certainly didn’t write anything about themselves; it was not a literate, but rather a pagan, culture. So what we get was written later by Christian monks. But there were occasional reportings and recordings of people who had traded usually with the Vikings. – Michael Hirst
Even though, there are many who describe themselves as Christian, most do not heed to God’s word without subjectivity. – Monica Johnson
The word of God is a Christian’s instructions for life. God speaks to us through His word, so we cannot constantly be running on empty. – Monica Johnson
The Church must introduce the individual Christian into an encounter with Jesus Christ and bring Christians into His presence in the sacrament. – Pope Benedict XVI
In 1991 I did an interview wherein I described myself as a ‘teetotal Christian,’ which was an exaggeration, although I do like tea and Christ. – Moby
I’m theologically in line with the Roman Catholic Church. I believe in the authority of the church, but I also have tremendous respect for my brothers and sisters in other Christian faiths. – Marco Rubio
A Christian philosophy of literature begins with the same agenda of issues that any philosophy of literature addresses. Its distinctive feature is that it relates these issues to the Christian faith. – Leland Ryken
In my house, I’m not allowed to shout at anybody. It’s very strict. It’s a very Christian home. – Joel Courtney
What do you do with people in same-sex relationships that are committed, loving and Christian? Would you rather bless a sheep and a tree, and not them? – John Sentamu
I believed that English-speaking people had a divine mission to civilize the world by making it western, democratic and Christian. – Luke Ford
We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the Holy Spirit to enable us in that pursuit. The pursuit of holiness is not a pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps approach to the Christian life. – Jerry Bridges
I was making $50 a week as a house model at Christian Dior for nine months before I learned that photographic models made $50 an hour! – Lauren Hutton
Well I’ve been crystal clear that we should not have schools which are set up by extremists whether they’re Christian fundamentalists, Islamic fundamentalists or any other sort of outrageous and beyond the pale organization. – Michael Gove
I was raised Christian; I was raised in the South where everybody’s raised Christian, but at this point, I’m 41 years old, and I’ve been an atheist, at this point, a little more than half my life. – Jason Aaron
In this Epistle, the Apostle seeks, with great earnestness, to confirm the Christian converts in the belief of that Gospel, which he had so faithfully preached. – John Strachan
There aren’t many contemporary Christian leaders who are both energetic in their condemnation of the crimes of communism and robust in their analysis of the evil of Islamism, but Justin Welby stands out. – Michael Gove
I make no apologies for the fact that I have a religious life of my own. I’m speaking as a Christian because I’m speaking as myself. – Krista Tippett