Os Guinness Quotes

Christians already? It seems to me that it takes a lifetime of work.

It appears that too many Christians want to enjoy the thrill of feeling right but are not willing to endure the inconvenience of being right.

A Christian man should so shine in his life, that a person could not live with him a week without knowing the gospel.

Spiritual formation in a Christian tradition answers a specific human question: 'What kind of person am I going to be?' It is the process of establishing the character of Christ in the person. That's all it is.

Know that as a Christian, your destiny is to be Christlike in all of your ways.

I have been told that I misrepresent being a Christian. And that has been soul-crushing.

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

It is a contradiction to be a sanctified man, or a true christian, and not humble.

[Jesus] said that they will know we are Christians - not by our bumper stickers and T-shirts - but by our love.

To be a Christian is not only to believe the teaching of Christ, and to practice it; it is not only to try to follow the pattern and example of Christ; it is to be so vitally related to Christ that His life and His power are working in us. It is to be "in Christ," it is for Christ to be in us.

A tree may always be known by its fruit, and a true Christian may always be discovered by their habits, tastes & affections.

It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.

I still describe myself as a Christian, and my love of God and my relationship with God is fundamental, but its manifestations in my life and the practices of it are constantly changing. I find incredible freedom in my faith.

A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.

The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing but in God-likeness.

If you see a Bible that is falling apart, it probably belongs to someone who isn't!

Christ said "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" and when asked "who is thy neighbour? went on to the parable of the Good Samaritan. If you wish to understand this parable as it was understood by his hearers, you should substitute "Germans and Japanese" for Samaritan. I fear my modern day Christians would resent such a substitution, because it would compel them to realize how far they have departed from the teachings of the founder of their religion.

... religion (ought to be if it isn't) a great deal more than mere gratification of the instinct for worship linked with the straight-teaching of irreproachable credos. Religion must be life made true; and life is action, growth, development--begun now and ending never.

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.

I love Jesus. I just don't like the Christians who don't believe in what he says.

Our Christian witness is authentic when it is faithful and unconditional.

When I understand that everything happening to me is to make me more Christlike, it resolves a great deal of anxiety.

When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world

There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.

Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. It's there, even when he can't see it or feel it, if he wants it to be there. You realize, I think, that it is more valuable, more mysterious, altogether more immense than anything you can learn or decide upon It will keep you free - not free to do anything you please, but free to be formed by something larger than your own intellect or the intellects around you.