Francis Schaeffer Quotes

A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian... and most of all, his family ought to know.

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.

Because we call ourselves Christians, our actions need to reflect Christ.

A Christian is the gentlest of men; but then he is a man.

Brotherly love is still the distinguishing badge of every true Christian.

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.

I once read in a Bible commentary that the word "Christian" means "little Christs." What an honor to share Christ's name! We can be bold to call ourselves Christians and bear the stamp of his character and reputation. When people find out the you are a Christian, they should already have an idea of who you are and what you are like simply because you bear such a precious name.

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.

Be to the world a sign that while we as Christians do not have all the answers, we do know and care about the questions.

I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

Let us hold fast to the iron rod. The Savior urged us to put our hand to the plow without looking back. In that spirit we are being asked to have humility and a deep and abiding faith in the Lord and to move forward-trusting in him, refusing to be diverted from our course, either by the ways of the world or the praise of the world.

I thought that Christian was a noun, a person looking for authenticity. I never understood that idea that a band could be Christian or something could be Christian. But it just can be and is.

A true Christian man is distinguished from other men, not so much by his beneficent works, as by his patience.

If we are Christians, we must look like Christ - this is my deep conviction.

We must show our Christian colors, if we are to be true to Jesus Christ. We cannot remain silent or concede everything away.

A Christian is something before he does anything; and we have to be Christian before we can act as Christians.

Honesty that can be trusted and respected is a very fragrant flower in the life of a Christian.

It’s much easier to act like a Christian than it is to react like one!

For Faith is the beginning and the end is love, and God is the two of them brought into unity. After these comes whatever else makes up a Christian gentleman.

Anyone who believes in a Jesus who condones abortion does not believe in the real Jesus, and therefore is not Christian.

A musician, an artist, an architect: the man or woman who is not one of these is not a Christian.

To call someone a Christian simply because he does some Christian-y things is giving false comfort to the unsaved.

We are called to love even in the loneliness, worship even in the tears and follow even in the darkness.