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		God bless you young women and young men who struggle through the worrisome teenage years. Some of you may not yet have found yourselves, but you are not lost, for Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, our Savior and Redeemer.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Boyd K. Packer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I do think Jesus would skip church on Sunday morning and instead visit the nursing homes and retirement homes where so many have abandoned their loved ones. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Negron 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think Jesus was about bringing people together and connecting people in love, hanging out with the people who other people didn't want to hang out with. Spending time with the worst of the worst because He knew those are the people who needed Him most. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Rodgers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Pearcey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. Stanley Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randall Terry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Asner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The laws of God given to mankind are embodied in the gospel plan, and the Church of Jesus Christ is made responsible for teaching these laws to the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold B. Lee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We must show our Christian colors if we are to be true to Jesus Christ. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				C. S. Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The message of Jesus is summed up partly in the Sermon on the Mount, and partly when he begins his ministry and quotes the passage from Isaiah: 'I have come to set free the prisoners and restore sight to the blind.' And certainly, his mission is also to bring hope. It was to heal people, to befriend the outcast. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Wakefield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tasha Smith 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We wish to recall here the spirit of tolerance shown by Our Lord Jesus Christ when He gave forgiveness to all including those that crucified Him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Haile Selassie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Jesus said the meek would inherit the earth, but so far all we've gotten is Minnesota and North Dakota. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Garrison Keillor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Jesus Pietro was worried. The Sons of Earth, if they got this far, would go straight to the vivarium to free their compatriots. But if Matthew Keller was his own agent... If the ghost of Alpha Plateau was not a rebel, but a thing with its own unpredictable purpose... Jesus Pietro worried. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Niven 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A disciple was one day recalling how Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed were branded as rebels and heretics by their contemporaries. Said the Master, Nobody can be said to have attained the pinnacle of Truth until a thousand sincere people have denounced him for blasphemy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Anthony de Mello 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Each year in early spring, during the season of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Easter, a plenitude of books, magazine articles, and television shows about Jesus appear. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jay Parini 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The whole point of the Resurrection stories - and the Resurrection itself - is that we don't recognize Jesus when he comes back to us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jay Parini 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I did play Jesus in 'Godspell,' in high school, because I guess I'm a nerd. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jessica Pare 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		When a man begins to apprehend the first approach of grace, pardon, and mercy by Jesus Christ to his soul; when he is convinced of his utter unworthiness and desert of hell, and can never expect any thing from a just and holy God but damnation, how do the first dawnings of mercy melt and humble him! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Flavel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Viewers all over the world, whatever medium you are using to view us, on Emmanuel TV, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, I command a new dream to come true, in Jesus' name! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				T. B. Joshua 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dale Carnegie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jodie Foster 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I get super bored playing bland, normal girls. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Drea De Matteo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		God bless you young women and young men who struggle through the worrisome teenage years. Some of you may not yet have found yourselves, but you are not lost, for Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, our Savior and Redeemer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Boyd K. Packer