FreedomQuotes – Page 11 – ONE Can Happen

“People mistake truth for anger. People mistake truth exposing for bitterness. People use emotions to rule their judgments. People mistake justice for revenge.”

[worship quote] If God was small enough to understand, he would not be large enough to be worshipped?

By Jeff Fenske

On November 29, 2012

In FreedomQuotes, Worship

I heard this wonderful quote on the radio while driving down the highway:

If God was small enough to understand,
he would not be large enough to be worshipped?

[video] “Agony” by Leonard Ravenhill

By Jeff Fenske

On September 6, 2012

In Doctrines Demystified, Doctrines of Demons?, FreedomQuotes, The Church is Getting Jacked!

Beautiful! I have always like Leonard Ravenhill. What a man of integrity and vision and insight as to what is really going on with the tarnishing of the pure gospel.

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY7I02N6a1I]“Agony” by Leonard Ravenhill

Uploaded by outpostworld on Dec 3, 2010

Compilation of fiery words from Leonard Ravenhill.

Vance Havner on a Counterfeit Christianity: “The devil is not fighting religion. He´s too smart for that. He is producing a counterfeit Christianity, so much like the real one that good Christians are afraid to speak out against it.”

By Jeff Fenske

On September 6, 2012

In Doctrines of Demons?, FreedomQuotes

“The devil is not fighting religion. He´s too smart for that.
He is producing a counterfeit Christianity,
so much like the real one that good Christians
are afraid to speak out against it.”

– Vance Havner.

Leonard Ravenhill: TRUE REVIVAL alters the moral climate of a community”

By Jeff Fenske

On August 22, 2012

In FreedomQuotes, Revival

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“True revival
alters the moral climate
of a community.”

– Leonard Ravenhill

The fear of the Lord keeps us in the parameter where love can happen!!!

By Jeff Fenske

On July 18, 2012

In Doctrines Demystified, FreedomQuotes, Prophecies Dreams & Visions

The fear of the Lord “keeps us in the parameter where love can happen!!!”

But now, most pastors say we no longer have to fear the Lord, disregarding what Jesus and Paul clearly said.

With the beginning of wisdom having been removed, we find ourselves in this huge mess — “a Godless generation.”

It is wise to fear the Lord, to stay within His parameters, His guardrails that are meant for our protection from the evil one — who will sell us a lie and call it good. He is deceiving many.

Beauty can reign when we grow in wisdom, because we fear the Lord and stay within his safe parameters — holiness — not giving the Devil a place.

: )

Alex Jones: “This is a society that’s having it’s life force sucked out of it…”

By Jeff Fenske

On July 11, 2012

In FreedomQuotes

“This is a society that’s having it’s life force sucked out of it,
that’s having its survival instinct turned off.
We’re going into total self-destruction.”

– Alex Jones
7/11/12 on The Alex Jones Show

Transcribed by Jeff Fenske

William Booth predicted doctrinal corruption and the fall of real Christianity in America

By Jeff Fenske

On June 25, 2012

In FreedomQuotes, Hell is Real - Forever!, Prophecies Dreams & Visions, Who Goes to Heaven

“In answer to your inquiry,

I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.”

– William Booth (1829 – 1912), the founder of the Salvation Army

[EXCELLENT 10-minute video] David Wilkerson, Leonard Ravenhill & others: WAKE UP CHURCH!! JUDGMENT STARTS IN THE HOUSE OF GOD!! — “You will rarely find a message, now, of repentance.” “A diluted gospel is no gospel at all.” “Are you pure in heart?” “Even if you have to bury your theology, sir, just bury it tonight and get right with God.”

By Jeff Fenske

On March 3, 2012

In FreedomQuotes, Who Goes to Heaven

“You will rarely find a message, now, of repentance.”

“‘I’m under grace; I can do anything.’
That’s from the Devil.”

“I’m embarrassed to be part of the church of Jesus today,
because I think it’s an embarrassment to a holy God.”

“Will you remind people of the goodness and the severity of God? [Rom. 11]
Will you remind them of a day when mercy is cut off forever?
Will you remind them that people pray in Hell but nobody ever answers?”

“Answer God, all you theologians reasoning out My theology.
Just answer God: are you pure in heart?”

“A diluted gospel is no gospel at all.”

“Entertainment is the Devil’s substitute for joy.”

“Even if you have to bury your theology, sir —
just bury it tonight and get right with God.”

Transcribed by Jeff Fenske

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxPR-8eemoc]WAKE UP CHURCH!!JUDGMENT STARTS IN THE HOUSE OF GOD!!

Uploaded by 8167433 on Sep 7, 2010

This is a video that every Christian should watch with a humble heart and a sober mind !! Time to wake up and be earnest with the Lord and be a holy Church that is on fire for Jesus has a passion for worship and a zeal for evangelism. We are called to be ‘salt and light in this world’. We need a revival of repentance! We need a renewed love for the Word Of God. A renewed passion for souls. A renewed desire for prayer! A renewed pure love to know the attributes of God!! A renewed hatred for all sin!! A renewed reverence and holy awe-filled fear of our Majestic, Awesome, All-powerful Holy God !! FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS VIDEO WITH A MANY AS POSSIBLE.IF YOU SEEN IT BEFORE ITS WORTH SEEING AGAIN AND AGAIN! The key thing is to listen to what they say and let is challenge you and change you.

1.David Wilkerson: Senior Pastor of Times Square Church.Founder of Teen Challenge Centers which are worldwide seeing teens who are in bondage to drugs and alcohol and many other sins set free by the power of God.My wife worked at 2 of these Centers and was trained under his ministry.Author of ‘Cross and the Switchblade’ ‘Set the Trumpet to thy Mouth’ “Hungry for more of Jesus.”Led Nicky Cruz to Jesus in 1958!

2.Carter Conlan: Pastor of Times Square Church in New York.He is a man of God!

3.Keith Daniel: Minister of the gospel who was born in South Africa! A sincere serious man of God.Heard him in 1997 when he was visiting the U.S.A.

4.Leonard Ravenhill: Was used in a very mighty way in Great Britian for many years.A man who walked with God and a man of prayer.Good friend of A.W.Tozer.Wrote the classic book ‘Why Revival Tarries” plus many more.You should buy them and read them..plusTozers books also! I had some fellowship with Bro.Ravenhill and some times of prayer.He gave me 2 books out of his library that he loved.They are ‘Hidden life of Prayer’ by McIntyre and ‘In the footprints of the Lamb’ by Stienberger.I tried to get him to come and preach in 1991 in Barbados but his health was not good.We showed his sermon THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST on a big screen in my Church in 1990 long before Youtube.The conviction of the Holy Ghost fell on my congregation and many filled the altars and weep before the Lord in holy repentance!!

5.Pastor Jim Cymbala: Pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle in New York.He is a man of God and has written some very good books.His wife leads the well known Choir which is made up of many who were in deep bondage to sin and were saved under the churches ministry! THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.TIME IS SHORT AND WE NEED TO SEEK THE FACE OF GOD.BRO.DAVID.

[2-minute video] Francis Chan: “We just don’t want to come to the end of our lives and realize that we were playing a game.”

By Jeff Fenske

On February 16, 2012

In Francis Chan, FreedomQuotes

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teIDGyMxyS8]BASICseries Trailer

Uploaded by BASICSeries on Aug 1, 2011

What is church?
Who is it for?
Is it broken?
Can it be better?

“If I only had this as my guide … if all I had was the Bible … and I was to read this book and then start a church, what would it look like? Would it look like the thing that we’ve built here and all refer to as church? Or would it look radically different?”

Trends come and go in our culture and the church seems to follow.

BASIC is a seven-part series of short films that challenges us to reclaim the church as Scripture describes it to be.

This series speaks to those who have questions about the church and to those who may have lost interest in the church.

What is church?
You are church.
I am church.
We are church.

[1-minute video] Francis Chan: “Do you want to have this sharing, this fellowship that God intended for His church. Or do you want to continue living in isolation?”

By Jeff Fenske

On February 16, 2012

In Francis Chan, FreedomQuotes, Getting Right with Each Other

“Do you want to have this sharing, this fellowship that God intended for His church,
or do you want to continue living in isolation?”

– Francis Chan

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W4QTUsbsPA]BASIC.Fear God – Lifting the Set – Behind the Scenes

Uploaded by BASICSeries on May 19, 2010

Instead of filling a room with water, we fill a 300,000 gallon water tank with a room using a 100 ton crane.

FreedomQuote: R.E.R.: “Weeping and gnashing of teeth” means weeping and gnashing of teeth and “forever and ever” means what it says.

By Jeff Fenske

On February 2, 2012

In Doctrines Demystified, FreedomQuotes, Hell is Real - Forever!, Who Goes to Heaven

“Weeping and gnashing of teeth” means weeping and gnashing of teeth and “forever and ever” means what it says.

– R.E.R. (website: A Portrait of Love)

From his comment (#3735) on [Video] Dan Corner Interview: The Believer’s Conditional Security

Excerpt:

My belief is that I accept the Bible as inspired by the Holy Spirit. I don’t think it likely that God The Holy Spirit speaks in suppositions or the hypothetical but rather in the stability of truth.

The Bible does warn about those who promote falsehood, Matt 7:15-16, 21-23; 2 Cor 11:13-15; 2 Tim 4:2-4; Rev 22:18-19 and other places. Manipulators, false teachers and false preachers, some even unaware themselves as being false, turn truth into pretzel-shaped distortions. Sometimes they dismiss bothersome passages as merely hypothetical or of some alleged supposition.

In all of this I think it’s a good idea for me to rely on the whole counsel of God.“Weeping and gnashing of teeth” means weeping and gnashing of teeth and “forever and ever” means what it says.

George Whitefield: Doctrine

By Jeff Fenske

On December 20, 2011

In Doctrines Demystified, FreedomQuotes, Who Goes to Heaven

Once-saved-always-saved does not promote holiness or lead to God.

Nor does the old covenant law of tithing.

Now, we’re supposed to be led by the Holy Spirit.

Then we can become ‘ONE’ — walking in our graces — together!

The glory of Christ will fill us, and then the world will know – John 17 realized!

– jeff

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“It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God leads to God;
and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is not of God.”

– George Whitefield

[Pastors are Responsible] “When preachers do not call sin, sin, the people begin to wink at sin!”

By Jeff Fenske

On November 22, 2011

In Biblically Disqualified Leaders?, Doctrines of Demons?, FreedomQuotes, Reverse-Christianity Responsible, Revival

From: Andrew Strom

“When preachers do not call sin, sin,
the people begin to wink at sin!”

– Dr. Micheal Useph

[freedom quote] Patrick Henry: “For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.” — I’ll take the red pill, thank you, to totally live in reality no matter what! FREEeeeeeeeeeeeeee——————DOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Jeff Fenske

On October 21, 2011

In FreedomQuotes

This is one of the main reasons false doctrines are being preached and accepted in America. Where are the Patrick Henrys?

Com’ on, swallow the red pill [The Matrix links are below].

We must fully live in reality to be free!!!!!!!

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“It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope and pride.

We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.

Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.”

– Patrick Henry, speech in the Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775

David Icke: Break FREE from ‘The Matrix’ Mind-Control Programming. Break Out of the TRANCE!

[Breaking Free from the Matrix!] Sex & Romance: Detours on the Road of Life. The Illuminati control us through porn, promiscuity and sex addiction

[illustration] Breaking Free from the Matrix Slime!

From Willful Ignorance through Cognitive Dissonance to “Could I Be Wrong?”

Willful Ignorance: Actively Resisting the Truth and Truth-tellers

WordPower: BEWARE, in the LAST DAYS People Will Be WILLINGLY IGNORANT

[Willfully ignorant] Dr. Doug Rokke: People won’t acknowledge what the US has really done because the foundation for everything they’ve believed and what they’ve trusted literally collapses…

Baruch: “Not only is DECEPTION of the church possible, it WAS PROPHESIED TO HAPPEN!” — Jesus said “IN THE LAST DAYS THE MAJORITY WILL BE DECEIVED, take heed that it doesn’t happen to you” — “FALSE TEACHERS are actually SPEAKING SPELLS with the words of their FALSE DOCTRINES!”

[Freedom Quotes] Keith Green: “If you’ve been burned, here’s what I’ve learned — the Lord’s not the one to blame.”

By Jeff Fenske

On October 7, 2011

In Doctrines Demystified, FreedomQuotes, God's Love Revealed

“If you’ve been burned, here’s what I’ve learned —
the Lord’s not the one to blame.”

– How Can They Live Without Jesus,
music & lyrics by Keith Green

[Freedom Quotes] Leonard Ravenhill: “Paul never glamorized the gospel. It is not success, but sacrifice! … Five minutes inside eternity and we will wish that we had sacrificed more…

By Jeff Fenske

On October 7, 2011

In Doctrines Demystified, FreedomQuotes, The Church is Getting Jacked!

“Paul never glamorized the gospel. It is not success, but sacrifice! It’s not a glamorous gospel, but a bloody gospel, a gory gospel, and a sacrificial gospel! Five minutes inside eternity and we will wish that we had sacrificed more, wept more, bled more, grieved more, loved more, prayed more, given more”

– Leonard Ravenhill

Dr. Stan freedom quote: “Men and women become accomplices to the evils they fail to oppose. And certainly, when you’re silent in the face of evil you’re going right along with evil.”

By Jeff Fenske

On September 25, 2011

In FreedomQuotes, Reverse-Christianity Responsible

“Men and women become accomplices
to the evils they fail to oppose.

And certainly,
when you’re silent in the face of evil,
why, you’re going right along with evil.”

– Dr. Stanley Monteith

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Transcribed by Jeff Fenske from
Radio Liberty, 9/11/11
Archives2011.gcnlive.com/Archives2011/sep11/RadioLiberty/0901111.mp3

If you sold you soul . . . unsell it!

By Jeff Fenske

On September 24, 2011

In FreedomQuotes, Lust Freedom!, Revival

I think someone needs to read this:

“If you sold your soul . . . unsell it!”

“Stop sinning.”

Live a life of freedom.

Cold turkey to sin —
0.00% lust, love of money, lying, power-over, etc.

Don’t give the Devil a place.

Submit to God; resist the Devil, and he will flee.

Come out from them and be separate!

Let’s be ONE in Christ!

FREEeeeeeeeeee———-DOM!!!!!!!

Power to the peaceful!
Grace to the peaceful!

Make every effort to enter into your rest.

My yoke is easy and My burden is light.

Forgive and be free.
And forgive yourself too.

And we will NEVER hold it against you.

Let’s ALL be free together!

Love,

Jeff : )

Steve Hill: Breaking Up with the Devil — “You must be sick and tired of the relationship”

Who-Goes-To-Heaven Scriptures — Narrow is the Way | Who are the Children of God? — “There is therefore now *no condemnation* to those who are IN CHRIST Jesus, who don’t WALK according to the flesh, but ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT.”

Asbury Revival, 1970: “‘Dr. Kinlaw, I am a liar. Now what do I do?’ … Three days later, she came to me radiant, and she said, ‘Dr. Kinlaw, I’m free!’”

Andrew Strom: People PLEASE – SWITCH OFF FOX NEWS!! — Or you will get LURED IN and “wound up” ANGRIER than a mule. Those guys are ‘EXPERTS’ at winding conservatives up. They make MONEY out of it every day.

By Jeff Fenske

On September 4, 2011

In Andrew Strom, FreedomQuotes, Reverse-Christianity Responsible

FOX News is absolutely a reverse-Christian propaganda outfit that is deceiving many, which I reveal at ToBeFree.

– jeff

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And people PLEASE –

SWITCH OFF FOX NEWS!!

(Or you will get lured in and “wound up” angrier than a mule.
Those guys are ‘experts’ at winding conservatives up.
They make money out of it every day).

– Andrew Strom

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From:

Andrew Strom: “USA POLITICS, RICK PERRY & the N.A.R” — Conservative Christians are trying to solve “SPIRITUAL” PROBLEMS with Politics — REVIVALS in America have always brought about the cleansing of the nation – NOT POLITICS !!! — Why do US Christians support WAR? I have never seen such confusion over patriotism and NATIONALISM being EQUATED with “CHRISTIANITY.”

John Piper: “If we don’t abide, we are not truly his disciples. And the opposite of true disciples is false disciples. That’s what we are if we count on past experiences without ongoing devotion to Jesus”

By Jeff Fenske

On June 24, 2011

In Doctrines Demystified, FreedomQuotes, Who Goes to Heaven

From: What Jesus Demands from the World, p. 62

“When Jesus said, ‘If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples’ (John 8:31), he meant that if we don’t abide, we are not truly his disciples. And the opposite of true disciples is false disciples. That’s what we are if we count on past experiences without ongoing devotion to Jesus”

– John Piper

[video] Bob Mumford (2009): Secrets of the Fathers Conference — “We are entering the most serious, complicated, undefined period in church history.”

By Jeff Fenske

On June 15, 2011

In FreedomQuotes, Prophecies Dreams & Visions, Time is Short

“Change is here to stay.

We are entering the most
serious,
complicated,
undefined
period in church history.”

– Bob Mumford

Bob Mumford – SAT PM – Secrets of the Fathers Conference
Nashville Tennessee, January 2009

Watch Video Here

Bob Mumford’s classic guidance book is still available: “Take Another Look At Guidance”

Francis Chan: “When was the last time you were saddened because your sin pained the Holy Spirit?”

By Jeff Fenske

On June 14, 2011

In Francis Chan, FreedomQuotes, Jesus Wept

“When was the last time you were saddened
because your sin pained the Holy Spirit?”

– Francis Chan

Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, p. 72.

Related:

Jesus’ Heart-Cry: “Let Us Be ONE” – Prophecy

Unlock Minds: “What are you doing in this great time of challenge? What are you doing to unlock minds?” – Alex Jones

By Jeff Fenske

On June 10, 2011

In FreedomQuotes

“Ask yourself:

what are you doing in this great time of challenge?

What are you doing to unlock minds?”

– Alex Jones

A. W. Tozer: “Our most pressing obligation is to do all in our power to obtain a revival that will result in a reformed, revitalized, purified church…”

By Jeff Fenske

On May 12, 2011

In FreedomQuotes, Revival

“I hope some of you will agree with me that it is of far greater importance that we have better Christians than that we have more of them!

If we have any spiritual concerns, our most pressing obligation is to do all in our power to obtain a revival that will result in a reformed, revitalized, purified church… followers of Christ must become personally and vitally involved in the death and resurrection of Christ. And this requires repentance, prayer, watchfulness, self-denial, detachment from the world, humility, obedience and cross-carrying..”

– A.W. Tozer

John Wesley: “The real cause why the extraordinary fits of the Holy Ghost were no longer to be found in the Christian Church; because the Christians were turned Heathens again, and had only a dead form left.”

By Jeff Fenske

On May 12, 2011

In Doctrines Demystified, Filled with the HOLY Spirit, FreedomQuotes, Real History, Reverse-Christianity Responsible, Revival

“It does not appear that these extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost were common in the Church for more than two or three centuries.

We seldom hear of them after that fatal period when the Emperor Constantine called himself a Christian… From this time they almost totally ceased… The Christians had no more of the Spirit of Christ than the other heathens….

This was the real cause why the extraordinary fits of the Holy Ghost were no longer to be found in the Christian Church; because the Christians were turned Heathens again, and had only a dead form left.”

– John Wesley

Francis Chan Freedom Quotes: Lukewarm People — "Lukewarm people call 'radical' what Jesus expected of ALL His followers." — "Lukewarm people feel secure because they attend church, made a profession of faith at age twelve, were baptized, come from a Christian family, vote Republican…" — More…

By Jeff Fenske

On May 8, 2011

In Doctrines Demystified, Francis Chan, FreedomQuotes, Who Goes to Heaven

These are quotes by Francis Chan, probably all taken from chapter 4 of Crazy Love. I’m listening to the wonderful audio version, read by Francis, himself!
I thought Francis’ lukewarm list to be so exceptional that I’d share some of his points with you even if I had to transcribe them myself. Thankfully, I don’t have to.
This is my favorite:

Lukewarm people are moved by stories about people who do radical things for Christ, yet they do not act. They assume such action is for “extreme” Christians, not average ones. Lukewarm people call “radical” what Jesus expected of all His followers.

We don’t want to be among those whom our perfectly holy Father whom we can TOTALLY trust spits out of His mouth having squandered away our inheritance (Rev. 3:14-22). We want to safely and JOYFULLY rest in Him!
Life in the Son!

jeff

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaidsEzynWw]Ch 4 – Crazy Love by Francis Chan

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Excerpts from: markartrip.wordpress.com, emphasis mine

LUKEWARM PEOPLE-FRANCIS CHAN

3. Lukewarm people tend to choose what is popular over what is right when they are in conflict. They desire to fit in both at church and outside of church; they care more about what people think of their actions (like church attendance and giving) than what God thinks of their hearts and lives (Luke 6:26; Rev. 3:1; Matthew 23:5-7).

4. Lukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin. They don’t genuinely hate sin and aren’t truly sorry for it; they’re merely sorry because God is going to punish them. Lukewarm people don’t really believe that this new life Jesus offers is better than the old sinful one (John 10:10; Romans 6:1-2).

5. Lukewarm people are moved by stories about people who do radical things for Christ, yet they do not act. They assume such action is for “extreme” Christians, not average ones. Lukewarm people call “radical” what Jesus expected of all His followers (James 1:22; James 4:17; Matthew 21:28-31).

8. Lukewarm people say they love Jesus, and He is, indeed, a part of their lives. But only a part. They give Him a section of their time, their money, and thoughts, but He isn’t allowed to control their lives (Luke 9:57-62).

9. Lukewarm people love God, but they do not love Him with all their heart, soul, and strength. They would be quick to assure you that they try to love God that much, but that sort of total devotion isn’t really possible for the average person; it’s only for pastors and missionaries and radicals (Matthew 22:37-38).

10. Lukewarm people love others but do not seek to love others as much as they love themselves. Their love of others is typically focused on those who love them in return, like family, friends, and other people they know and connect with. There is little love left over for those who cannot love them back, much less for those who intentionally slight them, whose kids are better athletes than theirs, or with whom conversations are awkward or uncomfortable. Their love is highly conditional and very selective, and generally comes with strings attached (Matthew 5:43-47; Luke 14:12-14).

15. Lukewarm people are continually concerned with playing it safe; they are slaves to the god of control. This focus on safe living keeps them from sacrificing and risking for God (1 Timothy 6:17-18; Matthew 10:28).

16. Lukewarm people feel secure because they attend church, made a profession of faith at age twelve, were baptized, come from a Christian family, vote Republican, or live in America. Just as the prophets in the Old Testament warned Israel that they were not safe just because they lived in the land of Israel, so we are not safe just because we wear the label Christian or because some people persist in calling us a “Christian nation” (Matthew 7:21; Amos 6:1)

Entire Article Here
Related:
Francis Chan Freedom Quotes!
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God at Amazon [paperback, Kindle, and audio editions]
Francis Chan left his 1600 member church to reassess. “There’s a LACK OF PEACE in so many people … WE PRETEND.” “There is this NARROW ROAD … FEW will find it.” “Let’s go back to what THE TRUTH has always been…and has NEVER BEEN POPULAR.”

Gandhi?: “I like your Christ; I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”

By Jeff Fenske

On May 7, 2011

In "The LOVE of MONEY", 'Church' is the Cause of the Crash, Biblically Disqualified Leaders?, FreedomQuotes, No Enemy, Power OVER or under, Reverse-Christianity Responsible

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

– Mahatma Gandhi

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Since posting, I have found that some dispute that Gandhi said this. I found the following:

I can’t find any source for him stating the quote as such. I did find a book, The Knights Templar & the Protestant Reformation, which states that when Stanley Jones, a missionary met with Ghandi he asked him:

Mr. Gandhi, though you quote the words of Christ often, why is that you appear to so adamantly reject becoming his follower?

Gandhi replied:

Oh, I don’t reject Christ. I love Christ. It’s just that so many of you Christians are so unlike Christ.

The book seems to have a reference, although I can’t check what it is as the references page is not on Google Books.

The quote seems to be from the book Mr. Gandhi, the man by Millie Graham Polak although the book is not viewable online.

Searching the book for the first part of the passage quoted in the knights templar book, “Is Mr. Gandhi a Christian?” returns a hit, although searching for “stanley jones” or “reject christ” does not.

In The Christ of the Indian Road by E. Stanley Jones, Stanley Jones asked Gandhi how to naturalize Christianity into India. Gandhi replied in part:

I would suggest first of all that all of you Christians, missionaries and all begin to live more like Jesus Christ.

This could be in part where the quote came from, if it was never said directly by Gandhi.

Given the amount of consistent references to the quote being said in reply to a question from Stanley Jones, I think it is likely something very similar to the oft quoted passage was said. I can’t find anything online that shows this for certain and don’t have access to the books where the quote may appear to check, so it’s hard to say for sure.

Dave A. responds in a comment to this post (below):

The information I have so far attributes the proximate statement in Stanley’s book to Bara Dada and not to Gandhi. I have a first edition copy of “Mr. Gandhi the Man” by Polak (1931) and I assure you that the Gandhi quote is NOT in that book. He speaks to his friend about his attraction to Christianity and the possibility of becoming Christian himself. His reasons for not doing so, he explains, have to do with his sense that he has found, in his “native” Hindu religion, all of the essential values that Christianity promotes. He is in a sense a universalist, believing that a path to God can be found in every major religion. There are no disparaging remarks about Christians in the book. Gandhi’s history is one of reconciliation and marshalling people from many faith communities to promote freedom and justice. That work began in earnest in South Africa, where he brought Christians together with other adherents for his social justice work.

Jesus prayed we'd be 'ONE' with each other in Him that the world will know! (John 17)

Category: FreedomQuotes Page 11 of 13

[FreedomQuote] “It’s hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.”

[FreedomQuote] Erin Gruwell: “Evil prevails when good people do nothing.”

[freedom quote] “People mistake truth for anger. People mistake truth exposing for bitterness. People use emotions to rule their judgments…

[worship quote] If God was small enough to understand, he would not be large enough to be worshipped?

[video] “Agony” by Leonard Ravenhill

Vance Havner on a Counterfeit Christianity: “The devil is not fighting religion. He´s too smart for that. He is producing a counterfeit Christianity, so much like the real one that good Christians are afraid to speak out against it.”

Leonard Ravenhill: TRUE REVIVAL alters the moral climate of a community”

The fear of the Lord keeps us in the parameter where love can happen!!!

Alex Jones: “This is a society that’s having it’s life force sucked out of it…”

William Booth predicted doctrinal corruption and the fall of real Christianity in America

[2-minute video] Francis Chan: “We just don’t want to come to the end of our lives and realize that we were playing a game.”

[1-minute video] Francis Chan: “Do you want to have this sharing, this fellowship that God intended for His church. Or do you want to continue living in isolation?”

FreedomQuote: R.E.R.: “Weeping and gnashing of teeth” means weeping and gnashing of teeth and “forever and ever” means what it says.

George Whitefield: Doctrine

[Pastors are Responsible] “When preachers do not call sin, sin, the people begin to wink at sin!”

“When preachers do not call sin, sin,
the people begin to wink at sin!”

– Dr. Micheal Useph

[Freedom Quotes] Keith Green: “If you’ve been burned, here’s what I’ve learned — the Lord’s not the one to blame.”

[Freedom Quotes] Leonard Ravenhill: “Paul never glamorized the gospel. It is not success, but sacrifice! … Five minutes inside eternity and we will wish that we had sacrificed more…

Dr. Stan freedom quote: “Men and women become accomplices to the evils they fail to oppose. And certainly, when you’re silent in the face of evil you’re going right along with evil.”

If you sold you soul . . . unsell it!

Andrew Strom: People PLEASE – SWITCH OFF FOX NEWS!! — Or you will get LURED IN and “wound up” ANGRIER than a mule. Those guys are ‘EXPERTS’ at winding conservatives up. They make MONEY out of it every day.

John Piper: “If we don’t abide, we are not truly his disciples. And the opposite of true disciples is false disciples. That’s what we are if we count on past experiences without ongoing devotion to Jesus”

[video] Bob Mumford (2009): Secrets of the Fathers Conference — “We are entering the most serious, complicated, undefined period in church history.”

Francis Chan: “When was the last time you were saddened because your sin pained the Holy Spirit?”

Unlock Minds: “What are you doing in this great time of challenge? What are you doing to unlock minds?” – Alex Jones

A. W. Tozer: “Our most pressing obligation is to do all in our power to obtain a revival that will result in a reformed, revitalized, purified church…”

John Wesley: “The real cause why the extraordinary fits of the Holy Ghost were no longer to be found in the Christian Church; because the Christians were turned Heathens again, and had only a dead form left.”

Gandhi?: “I like your Christ; I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”