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To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly from any need to be relevant, and to trust ever more deeply the Word of God.

— Henri Nouwen

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God.

— William Gurnall

You can be a follower of Jesus and not necessarily be a Christian.

— Reza Aslan

If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.

— Thomas Aquinas

To be a Christian means you become a part of the most significant story the world has ever heard. You don't become part of that without an ongoing questioning of what it means to become part of that.

— Stanley Hauerwas

No one can travel your own road for you; you must travel it for yourself. My faith in this stems from my childhood. I grew up in a family with a system of religious beliefs handed down to me.

— Amy Tan

It is the easiest thing in the world to become a Christian - ten thousand times easier than it is to hold out unrepenting against the motives which God presents to the mind, to induce it to forsake its evil thoughts and turn unto Him.

— Elijah Parish Lovejoy

To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations.

— Rowan Williams

Know that as a Christian, your destiny is to be Christlike in all of your ways.

— Joyce Meyer

Part of my driving desire as a pastor is to remove every obstacle except the cross that would keep people from coming to faith in Christ.

— Mark Batterson

✗Opposing Perspectives

The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ. None of us has. The Christian is one who has found the right road.

— Charles L. Allen