Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes

We must never allow the majority to overrule the clear teaching of the Word of God.

If I had to face only the Sermon on the Mount and my own interpretation of it, I should not hesitate to say, 'O yes, I am a Christian.'

I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way.

A principle is a principle, and God created all the principles.

I am a believer in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity.

The Church is presided over personally by Jesus Christ.

I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children were to turn away from the church when they grow up. I am also a critic of Christianity, if by critic one means an observer who brings historical and literary judgment to bear on the texts and traditions of the church.

This nations must stand for or against Christ.

I don't have any superstitions, because I am a Christian.

Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a Christian.

My faith dictates a whole lot of what I'll do.

I think I could make the case for any kind of organized religion, but I'm not an expert in those, so let me narrow my focus to talk about Christianity.

Even those who claim the Bible's inerrancy make distinctions between Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages - the Ten Commandments, say, or a belief in Christ's divinity - are central to Christian faith, while others are more culturally specific and may be modified to accommodate modern life.

[I]t is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue.

There is nothing more foolish or self-defeating than for a Christian to say that he is not interested in doctrines.

If they find a Christian mistaken in a field which they themselves know well and hear him maintaining his foolish opinions about our books, how are they going to believe those books in matters concerning the resurrection of the dead, the hope of eternal life, and the kingdom of heaven.

I am no friend of present-day Christianity, though its Founder was sublime.

The founder of Crunk Feminists is a Christian. If you claim to be a Christian, but then you attack somebody for saying you should approach a problem with love, you're not being a true Christian.

A wise man had said that your Christian life is like a three-legged stool. The legs are doctrine, experience and practice, which is obedience; and you, will not stay upright unless all three are there. In recent years many Christians have not kept these three together.

The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition.

I am a terrible and lazy Christian. I do not believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. I just skip about a third of it.

We can’t expect the nation to operate by Christian principles… but we can expect this of the church.

Christian principles are, admittedly, stricter than the others; but then we think you will get help towards obeying them which you will not get towards obeying the others.

Christian - One who follows the teachings of Christ insofar as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.

The fundamental principle of Christianity is to be what God is, and he is light.