I've lived long enough to see the triumph of zealots and absolutists, to watch money swallow politics, to witness the rise of… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Paul's vision, though, is starting small, with actual communities in which reconciliation and justice has to be practiced - like the rich/poor… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
In our Ashrams of East and West, places of spiritual retreat, we begin with what we call "The Morning of the Open… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
“One thing i realized after contemplating what's the point of going to church if people you see inside the church is the… — darwin araman ergina Copy Share Image
The cold hoarfrost glistened on the tombstones, and sparkled like rows of gems, among the stone carvings of the old church. The… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
There comes a time in the affairs of men when they must prepare to defend not their homes alone but the tenets… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The barbarians, who possessed no books, no secular knowledge, no education, except in the schools of the clergy, and who had scarcely… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
The paid wealth which hundreds in the community acquire in trade, or by the incessant expansions of our population and arts, enchants… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I'm calling my initiative take the other to lunch. If you are a Republican, you can take a Democrat to lunch or… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
For years Christians in particular have been attacked and silenced as they tried to challenge the immorality pervasive in today's society. When… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I'd make an educated guess that 20 to 25 percent of the taxable property in the U.S. is Church-owned.In a recent book,… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“Church is not a building. Church is not an event that takes place on Sundays. I know, it’s how we’ve come to… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
Let us assume that the Turks in whose ranks Europeans were fighting as well, even in high positions, would have conquered Vienna… — Heinrich Himmler Copy Share Image
I think there's an awful lot of noise about the Church being persecuted but there is a more real issue that the… — Trevor Phillips Copy Share Image
“We’ve all heard that little woman who says, “Oh, it’s terrible what these young people do to themselves, in my lsi other… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“I tell my christian relatives that "churchianity" is the central reason the church is not teeming with young people. The hypocrisy within… — Crystal Evans Copy Share Image
“My vision of the gathered church that had come to me... had been replaced by a vision of the gathered community. What… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The most important things that any member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ever does in this world are:… — Bruce R. McConkie Copy Share Image
Samhain had its origins, like many modern holidays or celebrations, in pagan times. As the sidhe-seers had been inclined to erect churches… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
One have our biggest challenges if making sure that we are staying true to the mission that we feel called to do,… — Reuben Morgan Copy Share Image
sometimes a man stands up during supper and walks outdoors, and keeps on walking, because of a church that stands somewhere in… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into the public schools. Our churches are very strong in… — Michael Newdow Copy Share Image
I think all of us would agree that a lot of Christian radio sounds the same. A lot of music that comes… — Dominic Balli Copy Share Image
When I read the documents relative to the Modernism, as it was defined by Saint Pius X, and when I compare them… — Jean Guitton Copy Share Image
We are living at a time when the Prostestant church is rediscovering the truth that transformation in Christ occurs through the disciplines… — Greg Oden Copy Share Image
“Being a “Christian” – a word used only three times in the New Testament – is not Jesus’ goal for his people.… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
It can be difficult to be an introvert in church, especially if you happen to be the pastor. Liking to be alone… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody. And this is because the most powerful… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Churches are more prosperous than at any time within the past several hundred years. But the alarming thing is that our gains… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Consider the generosity of our Savior: what He acquired by dying becomes ours by eating. As often as we receive this Sacrament… — Louis of Granada Copy Share Image
My job as an artist is to take all my thoughts and feelings and put them on your iPod so that you… — Lalah Hathaway Copy Share Image
The evening was very professionally organized, and most of the people were exceptionally polite, although it did make me a little nervous… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
I can't really sit around and talk with people who believe that the Bible is the way it happened, because that's man-made.… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I think the folks who joined Jim Jones's church did so because they truly believed in his stated ideals of racial equality… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
I always knew I would sing. I just didn't know if I would be successful or not. But I sang at school,… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
When Alex left for Alaska," Franz remembers, "I prayed. I asked God to keep his finger on the shoulder of that one;… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Actually when I was wounded and recovering in Japan. I went to church there and I remember on the air base where… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
And what I've come to learn is that it's the manufacturer's handbook, is what I call it. It teaches us how to… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
You are just one idea away from what you sow in your brains, in your prophecies that God spoke over your life.… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
There are a lot days where I don't know if God exists. There are a lot of days where I think the… — Lino Rulli Copy Share Image