The Catholic Church sees voluntary vampirism as a kind of suicide. I tend to agree. Though the Pope also excommunicated all animators,… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
In many cases, everything that once constituted a traditional worship service disappeared altogether, giving way to rock-concert formats and everything else the… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
The Americans speak so much about freedom in their sermons. Freedom as a possession is a doubtful thing for a church; freedom… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress,… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
The Church will always be renewed when our attention shifts from ourselves to those who need our care. The blessing of Jesus… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light… — Edd Doerr Copy Share Image
Christmas: It's the only religious holiday that's also a federal holiday. That way, Christians can go to their services, and everyone else… — Samantha Bee Copy Share Image
I belong to the Great Church which holds the world within its starlit aisles; that claims the great and good of every… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It seems that the problem with government as an institution is uniformly bad, worldwide. It may be the ONLY thing that binds… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
She wore an ivory-white dress and held the world in her eyes. I barely remember the priest's words or the faces of… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
Now, apparently strengthened as by a new spirit, with "might in the inner man," he labored with renewed energy and zeal; and… — Christmas Evans Copy Share Image
We are not preaching the Gospel of a dead Christ, but of a living Christ who sits exalted at the Father's right… — Henry Allen Ironside Copy Share Image
Like every man who appears at an epoch which is historical and rendered famous by his works, Jesus Christ has a history,… — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire Copy Share Image
I love the church. And the church is flawed. I think it's important that the issues of justice become important to the… — Russell Okung Copy Share Image
Many more people are poor and sick because of the life of MT: Even more will be poor and sick if her… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Peggotty!" repeated Miss Betsey, with some indignation. "Do you mean to say, child, that any human being has gone into a Christian… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
When an individual is motivated by great and powerful convictions of truth, then he disciplines himself, not because of the demands of… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I was immersed in comfortable Christianity. Years ago, I found myself living what seemed like the American church dream - pastoring a… — David Platt Copy Share Image
Once the Roman Catholic Church in the West became the church most closely connected with the state, the Roman Catholic Church did… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
In Britain, when someone says they do not believe in God, they stop going to church. In the U.S., many who may… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Most Evangelicals have the church to thank for the Sunday-school classes that taught us what the Bible says and paved the way… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
I grew up in the church not being able to listen to anything but gospel. So, while [other] people grew up with… — Rahki Copy Share Image
If someone is truly converted, they will publicly confess Christ in word and deed. That does not mean presenting them in front… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
I ask the educational system, the parents, the church, and pillars of the community to help shape a new culture of honesty,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the test of truth lay in a show of hands or a counting of heads, the system of magic might appeal,… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
The seven deadly sins of the Christian Church are: greed, pride, envy, anger, gluttony, lust, and sloth. Satanism advocates indulging in each… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
I was born in Bala, North Wales, and was sent to a private tutor. I seem to remember walking to the tutor… — Christopher Timothy Copy Share Image
One footnote says that divorced and remarried faithful, who are not recognized by the Catholic Church because it upholds the indissolubility of… — Sylvia Poggioli Copy Share Image
For many years, despite what I thought were really punitive decisions about women in the church, I stayed and stayed and stayed.… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Really, there is no infidelity, nowadays, so great as that which prays, and keeps the Sabbath, and rebuilds the churches. The sealer… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The closing period of the fifteenth century witnessed the slow but sure increase of the churches of the Brethren. Although far from… — Ezra Hall Gillett Copy Share Image
Through the confessional system, the Catholic church spied upon the lives of its congregants. While Latin mass excluded most people who could… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
The death of Pope John Paul II led many of different faiths and of no faith to acknowledge their debt to the… — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
Some churches make intercessory prayer part of their weekly schedule. If that's not the case at your church, find another person in… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing. To be alive in America is to hear… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We must love men more than things, and I admire and weep more for the soldiers than for the churches which were… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I know one gay ex-Mormon who is a talented, self-destructive alcoholic. Whenever he is drunk and going on a tear, we are… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
![“In the days of Joseph [Smith] it was considered a great privilege to be permitted to speak to a member of Congress, but twenty-six years will not pass away before the Elders of this Church will be as much thought of as the kings on their thrones.” quote by Brigham Young](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/313/brigham-young-1075_church_in-the-days-of-joseph-smith-it-was-consi_1261300.jpg)
![“I grew up in the church not being able to listen to anything but gospel. So, while [other] people grew up with their parents listening to Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin, I never knew they existed until I was able to listen to what I wanted to.” quote by Rahki](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/696/rahki-22456_able_i-grew-up-in-the-church-not-being-able-t_2308075.jpg)
![“If the test of truth lay in a show of hands or a counting of heads, the system of magic might appeal, with far more reason than the Catholic Church, to the proud motto, 'Quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus' [always, everywhere, and by all], as the sure and certain credential of its own…” quote by James G. Frazer](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/f2f/james-g-frazer-17815_appeals_if-the-test-of-truth-lay-in-a-show-of-ha_2522969.jpg)
