Christianity

Christianity is not a religion of repose-intellectually or behaviorally. (The Smallest Part, p. 6.)

True, there are no instant Christians, but there are constant Christians! (Ensign, November 1976, p. 14.)

This is a gospel of grand expectations, but God's grace is sufficient for each of us if we remember that there are no instant Christians. (Notwithstanding My Weakness, p. 11.)

It is the very fact that some members of the Church have spiritual health that permits them to search for the lost or to help the fewwho are faltering. That outcome of the Gospel is often overlooked because conspicuous goodness-doing the glamorous things-often overshadows the quiet Christianity that brings into our lives the preventive medicine that gives the relative health which permits us to help others. (A Time to Choose, p. 28.)

Quiet Christianity is a necessary counterpoint to the rumble of the kettle drums and the crash of cymbals of those Christian acts which are, by their very nature, visible and hard to ignore. We also need the behavioral equivalent of the flute and the violin in order to have the kind of symphony that can make a difference in mortality. (A Time to Choose, p. 28.)

By organizing our concern we become more involved, more effectively involved, enlarging our circles of concern. Otherwise, we might become mere "checkbook-Christians," contributing money but not involving ourselves with others, and "checkbook-Christianity" is simply monetary monasticism. ("…A More Excellent Way", p. 12.)



(Cory H. Maxwell, ed., The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997], 44.)