The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness QUOTES

1 " If you get the man right (or the woman, of course), you get the world right. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

2 " Working halfheartedly may reap you the same financial compensation as working with all your heart and soul, but it will slowly begin to rot your heart and mind and soul. Humans were not designed for halfheartedness "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

3 " Paul was abundantly clear in 1 Thessalonians 4:3 that the very will of God is our holiness. God wants us to live holy lives, grow in character and virtue, and become the-best-version-of-ourselves. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

4 " The first problem is we don’t believe holiness is possible. The second problem is we don’t believe we can change the world. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

5 " People don’t do anything until they are inspired, but once they are inspired there is almost nothing they won’t do. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

6 " The primary problem concerning Christianity’s role in changing the modern world is that most Christians no longer believe we are capable of accomplishing that change. This is a direct result of the fact that Christians by and large don’t believe that holiness is possible. But it is also deeply connected to a false belief widely held by Christians that the culture has become so powerful that we are simply incapable of transforming it. This leads to conversations that the culture has pushed the envelope too far and the only solution is the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. This is tragic defeatism, which is the antithesis of the spirit of Christianity and at the same time an astounding form of spiritual laziness. It is nothing more than the fruit of the biggest lie in the history of Christianity. It is only because we have been deceived into believing holiness is not possible that we would believe the culture is too negative and too strong to be transformed by Christianity. The world needs to be transformed, and nobody is in a better position to do that than Christians. In fact, I would argue that if Christians do not change the world, it will not change for the better. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

7 " The world has written us off. Lots of our own Christian brothers and sisters have given up on us. But I have not given up. Not even close. And not only have I not given up, I can see the path back. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

8 " The enemy is not at the gates. The enemy is inside the gates. Christianity is being attacked by secularism and intolerance, and many other forces who would like to see Christianity wiped off the face of the earth. But even in the midst of these very well- organized and -executed attacks upon our Christian faith, there are some aspects of Christianity that are untouchable. My favorite among these untouchable aspects of our faith is one simply profound idea: There is nothing more attractive than holiness. When somebody actually lives the teachings of Jesus Christ, it is astoundingly attractive to all men and women of goodwill. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

9 " Every time you become a-better-version-of-yourself, the con-sequences of your transformation echo throughout your family, friends, business, school, neighborhood, church, marriage, nation, and beyond to people and places in the future. It is God who does the transforming, but only to the extent that we cooperate. God’s grace is constant, never lacking. So our cooperation with God’s desire to transform us is essential; it is the variable. Are you willing to let God transform you? "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

10 " You could fill whole libraries with the lies that have been told about Christians and Christianity. The world lies about this subject more than anything else. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

11 " The abuse of something good does not diminish the good itself. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

12 " Nonetheless, society continues to heap our mistakes of the past upon all Christians in all places and all times. This is akin to blaming all Germans now and forever for Hitler’s crimes against humanity. Anyone with any common sense realizes that this is simply unjust. It would also be akin to accusing Americans today of supporting slavery simply because slavery was once legal in this country. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

13 " But science cannot provide deeply personal answers to your deeply personal questions. It cannot answer those four questions we identified earlier: Who are you? What are you here for? What matters most? What matters least? "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

14 " The beauty and genius of Christian sexuality is that it protects people from being objectified and used simply for another person’s selfish pleasure. If you have a daughter, how would you feel about her being used by a man who did not love or care for her, simply for his own sexual gratification? My experience has been that fathers quickly unite to protect their daughters from this type of situation. God wants to protect all of his children from being objectified and used, sexually or otherwise, and he calls on all Christians and all men and women of goodwill to join him in this quest. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

15 " Lies are always swirling around Christianity. Other common lies today include: Christians hate all non-Christians; Christians think everyone else is going to hell; smart people are not Christian; Christianity is dying and won’t be around for much longer. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness

16 " I wanted to be clear that non-Christians have been lying about us from the very beginning of Christianity. Most of these lies are the result of ignorance, as I mentioned at the beginning of this chapter. Some are the result of intentional misinformation, and a handful are a malicious personal attack upon Jesus in an attempt to discredit the entire Christian faith. Some of these lies are aimed at our theology and beliefs, and others are aimed at the Christian way of life. The sad thing about all these lies is they have destroyed real people’s chances at happiness. They have done tremendous damage to so many people, and it is important to acknowledge that. These lies have stopped millions, possibly billions of people from discovering the joy and genius of Christianity. "

― Matthew Kelly , The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity: How the Modern Culture Is Robbing Billions of People of Happiness