Jacques Ellul Quotes

Faith and works are necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our natural life as men; for faith is the soul of religion, and works the body.

Success is such a relative thing for me. I'm fundamentally a Christian which means that ultimately all of the penultimate titles and things you just had to wear with a loose garment. Really.

To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence, it would be to doubt everything; and then what is life for?

To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering, 'What's it for?'

'The Purpose-Driven Life' is not just a mega-bestselling work of Christian faith; it is the thing that every voter, secular or not, yearns for.

We need men and women with Christian values who know in their souls that America was providentially created and that for the last 200-plus years, when we've gone to God in prayer and asked for guidance, wisdom and strength, God has answered.

The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life.

Little works, little thoughts, little loves, little prayers for little Christians, and larger and larger as the years grow.

We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity.

Does life have any meaningful purpose?

It's incredible to realize that what we do each day has meaning in the big picture of God's plan

... if, to me, to live is Christ (Phil. 1:21), truly my words ought to be about Christ, my every thought and deed ought to depend upon His commandments, and my soul to be fashioned after His.

Christian life consists of faith and charity

Prayer, humility, and charity toward all are essential in the Christian life: they are the way to holiness.

A human life is a story told by God.

I think human beings must have faith or must look for faith, otherwise our life is empty, empty. To live and not to know why the cranes fly, why children are born, why there are stars in the sky. You must know why you are alive, or else everything is nonsense, just blowing in the wind.

One of the most wonderful things about being a Christian is that I don't ever get up in the morning and wonder if what I do matters. I live every day to the fullest because I can live it through Christ and I know no matter what I do today, I'm going to do something to advance the Kingdom of God.

People who see life as anything more than pure entertainment are missing the point.

I don't think it's that hard [to lead a Christian life]. To me it's fun. We have joy and happiness.

If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult. The Christian life is gloriously difficult, but the difficulty of it does not make us faint and cave in, it rouses us up to overcome.

Life is not entertainment. Life is not distraction.

Jesus, as a philosopher is wonderful. There's no greater role model, in my view, than Jesus Christ. It's just a shame that most of the people who follow him and call themselves Christians act nothing like him.

Prayer is the vital breath of the Christian; not the thing that makes him alive, but the evidence that he is alive.

If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?

A Christian who does not pray is like prince in beggars clothes who stands but a few inches from His father's throne and yet does not ask.