{"id":347,"date":"2008-03-02T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2008\/03\/christian-cliches.html"},"modified":"2008-03-02T15:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T15:06:00","slug":"christian-cliches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2008\/03\/christian-cliches.html","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTIAN CLICHES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christian One Liners<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Don’t let your worries get the
best of you; remember, Moses started
out as a basket case.<\/p>\n

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Some people are kind, polite, and <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

sweet-spirited until you try to sit in their pews.<\/p>\n

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Many folks want to serve God, <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

but only as advisors.<\/p>\n

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It is easier to preach ten sermons <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

than it is to live one.<\/p>\n

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The good Lord didn’t create anything
without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close.<\/p>\n

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When you get to your wit’s end, <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

you’ll find God lives there.<\/p>\n

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People are funny; they want the front <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

of the bus, the middle of the road, and <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

the back of the church.<\/p>\n

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Opportunity may knock once, but temptation
bangs on your front door forever.<\/p>\n

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Quit griping about your church; <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

if it was perfect, you couldn’t belong.<\/p>\n

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If the church wants a better preacher, <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

it only needs to pray for the one it has.<\/p>\n

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God Himself does not propose to judge <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

a man until he is dead. So why should you?<\/p>\n

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Some minds are like concrete
thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.<\/p>\n

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Peace starts with a smile.<\/p>\n

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I don’t know why some people
change churches; what difference does
it make which one you stay home from?<\/p>\n

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A lot of church members who are singing <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Standing on the Promises” <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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are just sitting on the premises.<\/p>\n

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We were called to be witnesses, <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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not lawyers or judges.<\/p>\n

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Be ye fishers of men. You catch <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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them – He’ll clean them.<\/p>\n

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Coincidence is when God <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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chooses to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n

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Don’t put a question mark <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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where God put a period.<\/p>\n

*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Don’t wait for 6 strong men <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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to take you to church.<\/p>\n

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Forbidden fruits create many jams.<\/p>\n

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God doesn’t call the qualified, <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He qualifies the called.<\/p>\n

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God grades on the cross, not the curve.<\/p>\n

*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

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God loves everyone, but probably prefers
“fruit of the spirit” over a “religious nut!”<\/p>\n

*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

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God promises a safe landing, <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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not a calm passage.<\/p>\n

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He who angers you, controls you!<\/p>\n

*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If God is your Copilot – swap seats!<\/p>\n

*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Prayer: <\/p>\n

Don’t give God instructions — just report for duty!<\/p>\n

*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

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The task ahead of us is never as
great as the Power behind us.<\/p>\n

*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

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The Will of God never takes you to
where the Grace of God will not protect you.<\/p>\n

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We don’t change the message, <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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the message changes us.<\/p>\n

*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You can tell how big a person is <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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by what it takes to discourage him.<\/p>\n

*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The best mathematical equation <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I have ever seen:
1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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