Mark Twain Quotes

To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed, opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself.

There have been some who were so preoccupied with spreading Christianity that they never gave a thought to Christ.

I really don't see a reason why you wouldn't want to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. I mean, not only was He the greatest human being to ever walk the earth, He's everything that I want to strive for. He's everything that anyone should ever want to strive for.

So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.

Truth, according to the Christian faith, is God's love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship.

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

It is a great thing to be a child of God, and joint-heir with Jesus Christ. If this is your privilege, you will know the fellowship of Christ's sufferings.

John Lewis is a Christ-loving fool.

From a very young man, I learned the importance of believing in Jesus Christ, and I have all my life.

I'm not afraid to say 'Jesus Christ,' and I'm not afraid to speak of those who worship him. After all, Jesus preached about love.

We all need grace. We all need Christ.

The most important thing in my life is Christ.

I am passionate about God, about Jesus, and what His influences do to me.

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.

I don't like to consider myself a normal preacher. When you look at religious people, they're the ones who hung Christ from the cross. I look at myself as a man carrying a message of hope.

Giving is a really big thing around Christmas, as well it should be. Christmas is about giving, and it all stems from the greatest gift the world has ever received - the gift of Jesus Christ.

Christians - whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever - have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of kindness and love and forgiveness to all those around you, because you have received kindness and love and forgiveness from God through Christ. That's what Christianity is.

I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that.

If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind.

For God so loved the World that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Bach almost persuades me to be a Christian.

God lives. I know that He lives. I know that Jesus is the Christ and the Redeemer of the world.

I know many Catholics love God with all their heart. I have genuine respect for anyone who truly has given their life to Christ. We read about Mother Teresa and what a wonderful example she was.

I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm you at your work or recreation, but a simple indication that you value the role of Jesus Christ in the history of the world, that you are trying to live by Christ's standards in your own daily life.