Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.
Christian salvation consists in works. To be saved is to be made holy. To be saved requires our being made part of a people separated from the world so that we can be united in spite of - or perhaps better, because of - the world's fragmentation and divisions.
So many Christian leaders have been so tepid or downright silent on the advance of the homosexual agenda.
I tend to be a fairly spirited person, but I've never hated anyone more than I hated Christian Longo after his trial, when I realized his guilt and that I had been partially duped.
No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.
Christian nonviolence must be embodied in a community that is an alternative to the world's violence.
I am a Christian. My husband and I belong to the Episcopal Church.
Well, I'm a Christian. I was a born a Presbyterian and became an Episcopalian.
The problem we have in America is the systematic erosion of our religious values in an attempt by certain liberal groups to expunge our Christian heritage from the public square.
Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another.
One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.
Well, I'm still experimenting, trying to figure out my style. I'm trying lots of things from many designers including Christian Siriano.
I was brought up, as a lot of kids are, on 'Aesop's Fables,' 'Brothers Grimm,' 'La Fontaine,' all those sorts of things. Hans Christian Andersen is a hero of mine.
Hezbollah and the government are only two of 18 political factions in Lebanon, most of them armed. There are militant Christian groups, Palestinian radicals, al-Qaida, Druze militias and even armed bands of Marxists still operating in Lebanon.
In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales.
My family background was deeply Christian.
It is evident that the fanatical interpretation of the Koran is incompatible with our values of freedom and with Christian values.
For red-carpet gowns, Christian Siriano is one of my favourites.
I'm Christian. I've made mistakes. I believe fervently in second chances.
Without centuries of Christian antisemitism, Hitler's passionate hatred would never have been so fervently echoed.
