“The multitude of formulas (for living the Christian life with success) proposed by Christian writers, preacher, conference speakers, and televangelists simply confuse me. They have different ideas about how it is done, offering promises of fulfillment and joy based on three easy steps, four points of action, or the five smooth stones that David threw.”

Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000, Harvest House Publishers)

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Mike Yaconelli (1942–2003) American theologian

Source: Dangerous Wonder

“What, exactly, have the errors of exegesis and philosophy done in order to confuse Christianity, and how have they confused Christianity? Quite briefly and categorically, they have simply forced back the sphere of paradox-religion into the sphere of aesthetics, and in consequence have succeeded in brings Christian terminology to such a pass that terms which, so long as they remain within their sphere, are qualitative categories, can be put to almost any use as clever expressions.”

Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism

Of The Difference Between A Genius And An Apostle, Alexander Dru translation 1962 p. 89
1840s, Two Ethical-Religious Minor Essays (1849)

“Easy as pi, three point one four, one more one false move and they're done for”

MF Doom (1971) hip hop artist from America

As Madvillain, "Great Day", Madvillainy (2004)
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“The ideas that define Western civilization, Nietzsche said, are based on Christianity. Because some of these ideas seem to have taken on a life of their own, we might have the illusion that we can abandon Christianity while retaining them. This illusion, Nietzsche warns us, is just that. Remove Christianity and the ideas fall too.”

Dinesh D'Souza (1961) Indian-American political commentator, filmmaker, author

Speech "Created Equal: How Christianity Shaped The West" http://theroadtoemmaus.org/RdLb/21PbAr/Hst/XtyShapesWest-DSouza.html (16 September 2008).

“Nowhere in the Word of God does God promise that living for Him will be easy. The fact is, Christians do have problems, they do get sick, but God heals us when we are sick and takes us through our problems. The non-Christian suffers in vain, the Christians with a purpose.”

Ray Comfort (1949) New Zealand-born Christian minister and evangelist

Cults, Sects and Questions (c. 1979)

“When Christianity came into the world the task was simply to proclaim Christianity. The same is the case wherever Christianity is introduced into a country the religion of which is not Christianity.
In "Christendom" the situation is a different one. What we have before us is not Christianity but a prodigious illusion, and the people are not pagans but live in the blissful conceit that they are Christians. So if in this situation Christianity is to be introduced, first of all the illusion must be disposed of.”

Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism

Source: 1850s, Attack upon Christendom (1855), p. 97

“There are three things I cannot take in: nondogmatic faith, nonecclesiological Christianity and nonascetic Christianity. These three - the church, dogma, and asceticism - constitute one single life for me.”

Sophrony (Sakharov) (1896–1993) Russian monk, theologian and writer

Letter to D. Balfour, August 21, 1945.
Others

“Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.”

Sydney J. Harris (1917–1986) American journalist

Chicago Daily News (February 20, 1958)

“I have notified the speaker that I will temporarily step aside from my position as majority leader pursuant to rules of the House Republican Conference and the actions of the Travis County district attorney today.”

Tom DeLay (1947) American Republican politician

On his indictment for conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9507677/ (28 September 2005). <br class="br">2000s

“The Christian way is a life of faith. In order to hold on to the promises of God, you’ve got to believe them and live by them.”

James MacDonald (1960) American pastor

Source: Always True (Moody, 2011), p. 58

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