Church Quotes · Page 208

“When praying you capture the true meaning of faith no matter where you might be. Me, I will pray in my bedroom…

— Ron Baratono

Look for a church that might ask that you become poor. A church that is more concerned with showing love to those…

— Tripp York

I think artists are always investigating how to have an economic, political platform. At one time, artists were supported by the Church.…

— Jeff Koons

In 1975, no State or Church guidelines existed in the Republic of Ireland to assist those responding to an allegation of abuse…

— Sean Brady

Grape juice at the communion table symbolizes the historical impotence of Christ’s blood, Christ’s gospel, Christ’s church, and Christ’s expanding kingdom. Grape…

— Gary North

My earliest memories about music are connected with going to church and listening to organ music. I am not from a musical…

— Rafal Blechacz

Good night; ensured release, Imperishable peace, Have these for yours. * While sky and sea and land And earth's foundations stand And…

— A. E. Housman

Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and…

— Allan Savory

But the most heinous crime of the Church has been perpetrated not against churchmen but against churchgoers. With its poisonous concepts of…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

[The church] is in its major part an opponent still of progress and improvement in all the ways that diminish suffering in…

— Bertrand Russell

I did make several trips to the very wonderful [Georgia] O'Keeffe museum. Besides the art (my favorite paintings are from her Pelvis…

— Liza Campbell

It was a strange feeling going into a church I did not know for a service that I did not really believe…

— Michael Palin

“The story that the church has been telling for two thousand years is an outrageous tale about a man who was executed…

— Emmanuel Katongole

What does Christianity mean today? National Socialism is a religion. All we lack is a religious genius capable of uprooting outmoded religious…

— Joseph Goebbels

The churches rose to power on the income from tax-free property. What earthly -or heavenly- right have they got to enjoy a…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

“I see no reason why church services have to be standard. I've discussed this with the man who used to be a…

— Charles M. Schulz

An obsession that I've developed in my old age, is great architecture. I bought a house in New Orleans and I became…

— Jennifer Coolidge

All our institutions rest upon business. Without it we should not have schools, colleges, churches, parks, playgrounds, pavements, books, libraries, art, music,…

— Charles Gates Jr

I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school until junior high. I don't believe in transmigration or anything like that. I…

— Alice Glass

See, that why I ain’t go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want’a talk to God, well…

— David Baldacci

One day I was in church, and I felt a real connection with God. I've no clue how old I was. I…

— Bukayo Saka

The grace of God is dangerous. It's lavish, excessive, outrageous, and scandalous. God's grace is ridiculously inclusive. Apparently God doesn't care who…

— Mike Yaconelli

I don't consider myself a fighter first any more like I used to,' he explained. 'I was all fight, all fight. And…

— Rory MacDonald

And so, lastly, does the very name of "Catholic", which, not without reason, amid so many heresies, the Church has thus retained;…

— Saint Augustine

Government employees are public servants and prohibited by the Constitution from inhibiting religious freedom, that is a far cry from sneaking around…

— Mathew Staver

Our connection to faith and church and that background sort of lent itself in our views to the Republican Party and our…

— Daniel Cameron

I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise…

— Pope Francis

Atheism has become a major threat to the church. New Atheists tend to be articulate and belligerent. They are aggressively engaging in…

— Dave Hunt

You will notice that in all disputes between Christians since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine which…

— Voltaire

A dynamic praying church must be built from the inside out, employing all four levels of prayer: the secret closet, the family…

— Richard Burr

The Christian church has a long history of gradually absorbing scientific perspectives and new discoveries. It seems to me that, in fact,…

— George Coyne

An artist need not be a minister or a collector in church, but he must have a warm heart for people, and…

— Vincent Van Gogh

For God so loved the world, that whosoever believes in him will, from that point on, be considered weired by the rest…

— Mike Yaconelli

Although my family attended the same church as everyone in our town, our religion was not the same. I could stand with…

— Tara Westover

Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal…

— Thomas S. Monson

Each of our children during their high school years went to 'early morning seminary' - scripture study classes that met in the…

— Clayton Christensen

It is a very rare church indeed that encourages its members to think for themselves in religious matters, or even tolerates this,…

— Anne Roe

If I had a religious experience, what I know for sure is that I would stop doing philosophy and would start doing…

— Simon Critchley

That wall is a one directional wall. It keeps the government from running the church but it makes sure that Christian principles…

— David Barton

I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name as…

— Sonia Johnson