Being in church so often, spending those hours sitting in front of a highly symbolic array of objects, hearing those beautiful texts… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
We need to look beyond the obvious. Yes, there are minstrel images in hip-hop. Yes, there are demeaning, anti-racist, misogynistic and homophobic… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Life is war. That's not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Nobody understands the nature of the Church, or the ringing note of the creed descending from antiquity, who does not realize that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We cannot believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it; nor… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
So long as there's been black churches in the United States, there's been a relationship between spiritual well-being and material acquisition. This… — Anthony B Pinn Copy Share Image
“One of the most amazing and perplexing features of mainstream Christianity is that seminarians who learn the historical-critical method in their Bible… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world, and it is… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
If you would be a better teacher, teach by the spirit. That is the thing that gives strength and power, meaning and… — A. Theodore Tuttle Copy Share Image
“But as I became more aware of same-sex relationships, I couldn’t understand why they were supposed to be sinful, or why the… — Matthew Vines Copy Share Image
I had received Christ as my savior when I was a child, but I didn't know anything. I didn't have any knowledge.… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
I was working in a church in Florida as a youth intern, which means I really didn't do much other than staple… — Bart Millard Copy Share Image
If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, church, and your king, you… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
What happens at the average church or synagogue or mosque is that I don't know many priests or ministers or rabbis who… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Yes, hypothetically, western Catholicism could revise the theme of celibacy. ... But for the moment, I am in favor of maintaining celibacy,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Non-churchgoers tend to see Christians as takers rather than givers. When Christians sacrifice and give wildly to the poor, that is truly… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
The men who were running the church in the late '60s and '70s panicked when they saw the chaos, which developed after… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
The freedom to be able to offer education, human services, and health care in accordance with our own identity as a church… — Donald Wuerl Copy Share Image
If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?... No… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I never lost my faith...But like all modern Catholics, I felt for a time that I had outgrown the church. Now it… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
It is an evil world. The fires of hatred and violence burn fiercely. Evil is powerful, the devil covers a darkened earth… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
Just as you must eat, drink, and breathe to live, you must read the Bible, pray, and be involved in a church… — Greg Laurie Copy Share Image
I really feel that the Church leaders have blood on their hands. I feel that there are gay Mormons who have committed… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
It is told that the great Angelo, in decorating a church, painted some angels wearing sandals. A cardinal looking at the picture… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The doctrine of the Trinity which was established in the church by the council of Nice, A. D. 325. This doctrine destroys… — J. N. Andrews Copy Share Image
“This cat is looking at me with judgment.”“He’s not,” said Jules. “That’s just his face.”“You look at me the same way,” Mark… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The need to proclaim Christ boldly and courageously is a continuing priority for the Church; indeed it is a solemn duty laid… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
When it comes to my salvation, all I need is Jesus; after my salvation, everything is Jesus plus the church... When people… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
I needed a lot of the good things that church provided. But as I grew older, it became increasingly hard for me… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
The invasion of the Church by the world is a menace to the extension of Christ's Kingdom. In all ages conformity to… — John Mott Copy Share Image
Don't try to be anybody else, because that's what I do. I do me. I'm not trying to impress anybody. I'm not… — Anjelah Johnson Copy Share Image
They all attributed the peaceful dominion of religion in their country mainly to the separation of church and state. I do not… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Inviting others to help us with our work in the Church helps them feel needed and helps them feel the Spirit. When… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
I'm not turned away from the church through anger, although I have criticisms of it. It's through finding affirmation of life and… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
Many so-called spiritual people, they overeat, drink too much, they smoke and don't exercise. But they do go to church every week… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
There's a moment for everybody when you look at that picture of Jesus in the church and think, 'This doesn't totally make… — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
If anyone in word and mind does not properly and truly confess according to the holy Fathers all even to the last… — Pope Martin I Copy Share Image
