faith impact Quotes

I grew up Catholic, and when you've grown up, and these belief systems have been presented to you at a young, impressionable age, I don't know that you can shake them. Even if your rational mind tells you something else, sometimes they're so deeply ingrained that they are with you for the rest of your life.

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

Growing up Mormon, you learn how to be very, very organized, and it's a passionate group. I mean, in that way, it's prepared me very well for Hollywood.

Since I invoke Torah so often, let me state that I don't personally believe in the God it postulates ... I am not religious, nor were the majority of the early builders of Israel believers. Yet their passion for this land stemmed from the Book of Books ... [The Bible is] the single most important book in my life.

My father was a Pentecostal minister; that's how I was brought up. So I never thought of having a secular career.

When I left boxing in 1977 to be a preacher, I couldn't make a fist after I learned about Jesus Christ.

Billy Graham is one of my great lifetime heroes. I think he epitomizes the essence of what a Christian leader should be. I have participated in some of his crusades a couple of times in Atlanta. I've seen the profound impact he's had on me personally, and on other people who were not Christians and accepted Christ as Savior.

It is through Christianity that Judaism has really conquered the world. Christianity is the masterpiece of Judaism.

When I found Jesus Christ, I learned to be a better athlete. I didn't have to go out there and knock them out in the first round. I've learned to be patient, skillful in the ring. At the same time, I wanted to prove to other boxers that you can take off this killer instinct stuff, you can be a great athlete, a great boxer, and love your brother.

The effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.

Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.

For the believing Christian, death is no big deal….For the nonbeliever, on the other hand, to deprive a man of his life is to end his existence. What a horrible act!

I owe a great deal to the church for everything in which I believe. I am very glad that I was brought up strictly. I was a very serious child. There was not a lot of fun and sparkle in my life.

Being an outspoken Christian in the music industry means always feeling out of place. It's like whatever you have accomplished is less credible because of your faith.

It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel.

I had a lot of friends be kind of standoffish after I became a Christian.

Knowing you're a child of the creator of the universe changes everything.

If our faith is the most important part of our lives, then our religious views influence every other part of our lives, including our political views.

I know personally the transforming power of the Word of God-it's changed my life.

I had a lot of very religious influences - Christian religious.

The evidence of Jesus Christ is lives changed.

When I became a Christian my confidence grew.

Clear declaration of truth makes a difference in people's lives. That is what changes hearts. That is what the Holy Ghost can confirm in the hearts of God's children.

The narratives of Scripture were not meant to describe our world ... but to change the world, including the one in which we now live.

Conversion does not make us perfect, but it does catapult us into a total experience of discipleship that affects - and infects - every sphere of our living.