BECOMING
A CHRISTIAN

See also: Accepting God; Conversion

The entrance fee into the kingdom of heaven is nothing: the annual subscription is everything.

Henry Drummond

By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.

Desiderius Erasmus

Someone once asked Billy Graham, “If Christianity is valid, why is there so much evil in the world?” To this the famous preacher replied, “With so much soap, why are there so many dirty people in the world? Christianity, like soap, must be personally applied if it is to make a difference in our lives.”

Billy Graham

Neither is it a verbal acknowledgment, in owning that which Christ suffered at Jerusalem, which will free any from this charge and guilt. Unless the Lord Christ, that Christ which is God and man in one person, is owned, received, believed in, loved, trusted unto, and obeyed in all things, as he is proposed unto us in the Scripture, and with respect unto all the ends of righteousness, holiness, life, and salvation, for which he is so proposed, he is renounced and forsaken.

John Owen

The best way I know how is by praying a simple prayer of faith. The important thing isn’t saying the right words but, perhaps for the first time in your life, talking heart to heart with the Lord and inviting him in.

Luis Palau

When it comes to responding to Jesus, I find it’s important to distinguish between reverence, religion, and relationship.

Luis Palau

Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian, any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.

Billy Sunday