How to Use Christ in a Sentence

Christ

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  • Sure, a game of bingo is played on the grounds of the Southside Church of Christ.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2024
  • If the Church places a customs officer at the door, that is no longer the Church of Christ.
    — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
  • Jesus Christ knows that no one was murdered in this case.
    — Itzel Luna, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • Peter doesn’t have to follow Christ the same way his pastor does.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Some believe the bread represents the body of Christ and the syrup represents his blood.
    — Janelle Davis, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
  • From hanging with a street gang in his teens to surrendering to Christ at a youth camp.
    — Marcus K. Dowling, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
  • But non-Catholic Christians are still my brothers and sisters in Christ.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Directly under the dome is a small shrine built around the very place where many believe Christ's cross may have stood.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
  • But sometimes Christ goes into the temple and turns over the tables of the money changers.
    — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The video then concluded with a couple more shots of the Christ the Redeemer statue at nighttime.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Jesus Christ knows the truth of what happened here, Jesus Christ knows no one was murdered in this case.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 31 July 2023
  • In the Echternach Gospels, which illustrate the moment of Christ’s death on the cross, the sun and the moon take the form of human figures shrouding their faces in grief.
    — Elissaveta M. Brandon, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Think of the former president as a sort of Jesus Christ in reverse.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • With the welcoming speeches over, and the statue of Christ looking across the city at them, the pitches began.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The metal band Cancer Christ made a surprise appearance late in the show.
    — Joshua Needelman, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The entertainment world is full of stars who have publicly given their life to Christ.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Sisters in Christ is listed as the property owner on tax records as of late March.
    — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 17 May 2024
  • The formation of Christ Episcopal Church, now three doors down.
    — Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
  • That’s just Christ, though: deity and man, weightless word converted to meat.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
  • But the spirit of the holiday remains, and the coming of Christ, and his message of hope, is one the community and the world needs deeply, Maria said.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The pieces do not feature the same scenes of radiant angels or images of Christ that typifies some of Kaphar’s work.
    — Robert Daniels, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The Sacramento Bee was first to report that the home’s property taxes are paid by Sisters in Christ.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Jesus Christ, Helen’s going to marry a whiz-kid lawyer.
    — Graham Swift, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Both minions are clad in robes and look like extras in Jesus Christ Superstar.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The city's first colonizers, a thousand years before Christ, were the Phoenicians.
    — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
  • Jesus Christ, Hitler, Ye — third party, sponsor that, n***a.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The very fabric of America was tearing, like the curtain in the Temple ripped asunder when Christ exhaled his last breath.
    — Bob Guccione Jr, Spin, 20 Sep. 2023
  • They were originally dyed red to represent the blood of Jesus Christ.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 22 Mar. 2024
  • That was certainly the view of Christ’s early disciples.
    — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 9 Apr. 2023
  • To that end, Bach often pursued esoteric symbolism and numerology, with vocal lines crossing in the music when Christ is mentioned, and the like.
    — Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024

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