The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
A Christian who withdraws into himself, hiding all that the Lord has given him, is not a Christian! I would ask the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The key to successful missionary work is a close relationship between the missionaries and the members. Creating an environment in working with… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
[The Drafters of the Constitution] were intent on avoiding more than 100 years of religious intolerance and persecution in American colonial history… — John M Swomley Copy Share Image
I wish, in America, (that) we were as concerned about separation from church and sin as we are about separation between church… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
I, like, prayed inside of my head as a little kid. I didn't grow up in a religious home, but we went… — John 5 Copy Share Image
The Church's note must be a supernatural note which distinguishes incarnation from immanence, redemption from evolution, the Kingdom of God from mere… — Arthur Middleton Copy Share Image
“We don’t just show up on stage; we bring along the oil of praise in jars of practice and rehearsal so that… — Gangai Victor Copy Share Image
Over the years I've had strong friendships with many priests. As a matter of fact, a group of Christian leaders from the… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
In at least one country where homosexual activists have won major concessions, we have even seen a church pastor threatened with prison… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
The churches that are growing and thriving are churches that I would call evangelical and orthodox for the most part in their… — Greg Laurie Copy Share Image
I am not a religious man. I have not attended a service for many years. But I do believe in God. My… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I wonder if I'm being disloyal, if being with Didier means I'm forgetting about Jones. But every time I go in a… — Gabrielle Williams Copy Share Image
The trouble with Christianity was that by about 150, there were hardly any Jews left in the Christian church, and so from… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Our forefathers looked upon nature with more reverence and horror, before the world was enlightened by learning and philosophy, and loved to… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
In England, we have a curious institution called the Church of England. Its strength has always been in the fact that on… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold, and the silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm agnostic because I went through the usual process of parents insisting you go to church, and yet they didn't. So there's… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
Folks, it's time to evolve. That's why we're troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything's… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
This I have observed: There are no language barriers in the Church. There is a mighty power that transcends the power of… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
We cannot hope to build the Church and to bring hearts and souls to Christ without using every resource the Lord has… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
Declining to go to church with my parents in the morning, I would ostentatiously set out for the Monist Society in the… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
My answer would be definite yes! Destructive atheism, in my view and the view of the Church, is part of a much… — Gerard Verschuuren Copy Share Image
The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
A false religion out of the church will not hurt the church, any more than weeds in the wilderness hurt an enclosed… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities…The so-called clergy stupefy the masses…They befog the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I go into a room to write, it's like I'm not trying to say, 'I need to write a song that… — Luke Combs Copy Share Image
It is necessary to obey a Pope in all things as long as he does not go against the universal customs of… — Pope Innocent III Copy Share Image
The point I'm trying to make is that you go to church on Sunday. But the real Christ is out there in… — Jim Caviezel Copy Share Image
Standing up here on the hill away from all humans - seeing these Wonders taking place before one's eyes - so silently...… — Alfred Stieglitz Copy Share Image
Because I was suspicious of the traditional Christian church, I tended to tar them all with the same brush. That was a… — Bono Copy Share Image
My greatest fear is that the spirit of religion is lurking in so many churches today. Instead of men and women of… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
But the people of the church in Jerusalem had been commanded by a revelation, vouchsafed to approved men there before the war,… — Eusebius Copy Share Image
I grew up Presbyterian, just a basic Protestant upbringing. There were years in my life when I would go to church every… — Andy Dick Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in apologetics, the topic of different world views and, 'Why are we here?' and 'Where are we going?'… — Shane Harper Copy Share Image
If I started preaching politics from the pulpit, our church would empty overnight. That's not why people come to church. They want… — Robert Jeffress Copy Share Image
We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
We have a sacred responsibility to fulfill the threefold mission of the Church—first, to teach the gospel to the world; second, to… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
One thing about virtual church is that you can attend easily from anywhere. I've dropped in on my childhood congregation in California… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
I enjoyed spending time with Senator Isakson, especially every year when he would join Ebenezer Baptist Church for our annual celebration of… — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
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