"There is no better news, than the fact that Jesus can actually turn a life upside down and save it"
About this Quote
The phrasing matters. “Actually” is doing quiet, defensive work, anticipating the listener’s cynicism. In a world trained to doubt conversion narratives as PR or coping mechanism, he insists on the tactile reality of change. “Turn a life upside down” is deliberately destabilizing, especially from a pop figure whose job is often to reassure audiences with familiar choruses. Upside down implies disorientation, loss of control, a reordering that doesn’t flatter the ego. It’s not “improve your life,” it’s disrupt it.
Then he lands on “save it,” a word with revival-tent force that also reads like crisis language: rescue, not optimization. Subtext: you don’t save what wasn’t in danger. Richard’s intent is evangelical, but it’s also reputationally stubborn. He’s spent a career navigating the skepticism reserved for overtly religious entertainers, and this sentence refuses to soften the claim into “spirituality” or “good vibes.”
Contextually, it’s classic Cliff: faith as headline, not footnote, delivered with the plainspoken certainty of someone who’s watched fame fail to function as salvation.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Richard, Cliff. (n.d.). There is no better news, than the fact that Jesus can actually turn a life upside down and save it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-is-no-better-news-than-the-fact-that-jesus-53586/
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Richard, Cliff. "There is no better news, than the fact that Jesus can actually turn a life upside down and save it." FixQuotes. Accessed February 3, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-is-no-better-news-than-the-fact-that-jesus-53586/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"There is no better news, than the fact that Jesus can actually turn a life upside down and save it." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/there-is-no-better-news-than-the-fact-that-jesus-53586/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.




