Extremist groups like People for the American Way attack Christians who run for public office as a threat to the 'separation of… — Ronald H. Nash Copy Share Image
When my neighbor walks the dogs, he performs a ritual act of sacer simplicitas, to use the church Latin: "sacred simplicity." Walking… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
She started walking toward me and perfect white teeth caught her full bottom lip between them. I’d fantasized about those lips way… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
I have always been involved in some philanthropic work - growing up in the church, you always had to have a reasonable… — LaTanya Richardson Copy Share Image
My church growing up, we went around to nursing homes. I was part of the puppet team. You put your hand in… — Jason Taylor Copy Share Image
There is great mystery in a church. For me, there is a great privilege to be confronted with the design of a… — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
We can walk when we want to, we can build many things, but if we do not witness to Jesus Christ then… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The basic trouble with the church today is her unworthy concept of God... Our religion is weak because our God is weak...… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
I kind of grew up a guitar nerd and I tried to figure out how to shred on an acoustic guitar as… — Michael Gungor Copy Share Image
These figures emphasize how soft people's commitment to God is. Americans are willing to expend some energy in religious activities such as… — George Barna Copy Share Image
Paris had more sex than most church-laden places, and more church than most sex-laden places. Parisians crowed about Travail-Famille-Patrie while frequenting brothels.… — Luc Sante Copy Share Image
“Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community: Are we capable of welcoming these people, guaranteeing to them a… — Extraordinary Synod for the Family Copy Share Image
The truly wise talk little about religion and are not given to taking sides on doctrinal issues. When they hear people advocating… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The white-haired wonder leading what had to, by now, be a blocks-long parade must've finally turned on her hearing aid. Because she… — Jennifer Rardin Copy Share Image
People - Catholics and non-Catholics - are amazingly open to begin again in their walk with Jesus and in the Church when… — Jonathan Morris Copy Share Image
Aesthetics is not an end in itself. But in our culture, which is becoming more multi-sensory and less respectful of God, we… — Dan Kimball Copy Share Image
I think very few people realize how much the separation of church and state has to do with the fact that Americans… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
I am what is known as a benched Catholic and disillusioned by the church doctrine. I believe in things the Catholic Church… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
The person who understands the evil in his own heart is the only person who is useful, fruitful, and solid in his… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Where's Barack Obama when Christmas references are being erased from civic calendars? Is he crying out in defense of religious liberty and… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
Racists are not born, they are raised. Isolation is the breeding ground for racism. The more you come to know the world… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
The traditional Jeffersonian principle of religious freedom was so broadly democratic that it included the right to have no religion at all… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When John Coltrane passed, we were in the church for the memorial. Albert Ayler came walking in playing, real out there. He… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
Whatever your woman is into, you better be into. Whatever your man is into, you better be N2. Your partner into church,… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Never was the victory of patience more complete than in the early church. The anvil broke the hammer by bearing all the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Discipleship is messy. There are seasons of growth followed by seasons of pruning. Some seasons burst forth with rapid change, and others… — Curtis Ferrell Copy Share Image
I grew up a Catholic and I dont want to talk badly about the Catholic Church but theres a lot of routine… — Bernhard Langer Copy Share Image
I believe in an America ... where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The most stupendous system of organized robbery known has been that of the church towards woman, a robbery that has not only… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
Churches provide a place of gathering for people who share common beliefs, support and encouragement for each other in faith, a place… — Mary C. Neal Copy Share Image
People like Clyde McPhatter who came out of the black churches - like Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin - were all church… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
The Church is the safe place to be. I can safely believe everything the Church teaches. It will not harm me, and… — Frederica Mathewes-Green Copy Share Image
It is not permitted for a woman to speak in the church, nor is it permitted for her to teach, nor to… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
I think by eighth grade I knew I wanted to be an actor. I'd done church plays and stuff, but my first… — Aaron Paul Copy Share Image
In New Mexico, my local church did a nativity play, and I was cast as Wise Man #3. Of course, Wise Man… — Baron Vaughn Copy Share Image
It is the voice of the Church that is heard in singing together. It is not you that sings, it is the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Spirituality and faith are at the core of who I am. I was born to deeply religious parents who were able to… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
A church without women would be like the apostolic college without Mary. The Madonna is more important than the apostles, and the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go… — Boris Kodjoe Copy Share Image
And when a whirl-winde hath blowne the dust of the Churchyard into the Church, and man sweeps out the dust of the… — John Donne Copy Share Image
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