Japanese Christmas

Christmas comes, but once a year is enough. - American Proverb

Make Christ magnificent in the eyes of man. - Henrietta Mears

A turkey never voted for an early Christmas. - Unknown

I'd give that picture a Japanese Academy Reward! - Archie Bunker

I get really grinchy right up until Christmas morning. - Dan Aykroyd

Christ showed us hope transformed into sacrificial love. - Chuck Colson

Halloween starts earlier and earlier, just like Christmas. - Robert Englund

I'm walking backwards for Christmas Across the Irish Sea. - Spike Milligan

In every first novel the hero is the author as Christ or Faust. - Oscar Wilde

Once at least in his life each man walks with Christ to Emmaus. - Oscar Wilde

I look like I'm Chinese or Thai or Japanese - very different. - Mary Kom

In Japanese sushi restaurants, a lot of sushi chefs talk too much. - Masa Takayama

We were old sinners, but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore. - Joel Osteen

Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. - Kin Hubbard

If my Valentine you won't be,
I'll hang myself on your Christmas tree. - Ernest Hemingway

We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins. - Joseph Prince

True and solemn meaning of Christmas, which is a time for peace and quiet contemptation. - Archie Bunker

The world asks, 'What does a man own?' Christ asks, 'How does he use it?' - Andrew Murray

Christ died for our sins. Are we to make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them? - Jules Feiffer

If 'ifs and buts' were 'candy and nuts', we'd have Christmas every day. - Unknown

If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen - nothing else matters. - Jaroslav Pelikan

Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter. - Josh McDowell

A little while, we are in eternity; before we find ourselves there, let us do much for Christ. - Ann Judson

If you're bored, one thing is for sure: You're not following in the footsteps of Christ. - Mark Batterson

The Christmas season has come to mean the period when the public plays Santa Claus to the merchants. - John Andrew Holmes

We proclaim the resurrection of Christ when his light illuminates the dark moments of our existence. - Pope Francis

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace, and your soul in the joy of Christ. - Thomas Merton

Promoting self under the guise of promoting Christ is currently so common as to excite little notice. - A.W. Tozer

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a family all wrapped up in each other. - Bill Vaughan

When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you'd been the only man in the world. - C S Lewis

I preach as though Christ was crucified yesterday; rose again from the dead today; and is coming back tomorrow. - Martin Luther

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. - Garrison Keillor

Treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have. - Dwight L Moody

The primary purpose of a home is to reflect and to distribute the love of Christ. Anything that usurps that is idolatrous. - Ravi Zacharias

Did you read about Starbucks? No more "Merry Christmas" at Starbucks. No more. Maybe we should boycott Starbucks. - Donald Trump

Tolerance is the worst roar of all, including tolerance for homosexuals, feminists, and religions that don't follow Christ. - Josh McDowell

Forgiveness is not a one-time thing that happened the day you received Christ. It is an everyday thing, for the rest of your life. - Joyce Meyer

The blood of Christ covers all of our sins, but each of us must do personal business with God in order to experience his forgiveness. - Lewis B Smedes

It is a matter of whether one wants to get rich or be rich. We can be rich in Christ Jesus or perhaps get rich in Egypt, but we cannot do both. - Vance Havner

The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven - Rick Warren