Why is it that the choice among churches always seems to be the choice between intelligence on ice and ignorance on fire? — Diana Butler Bass Copy Share Image
It bums me out tremendously what the church has become, and if it's got me bummed, imagine what Jesus Christ must be… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
Following Jesus in faith is to walk with him in the communion of the Church. You cannot follow Jesus alone. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The way people come to church every week, know the songs and be hurting on the inside. We miss the moment to… — Israel Houghton Copy Share Image
“Hard by the church stood the public house; so often the two are closely conjoined, honorably sharing both joys and sorrows.” — Jeremias Gotthelf Copy Share Image
“Why live by the rules in the Church, when the church rules against everything you live for?” — Michelle Geaney Copy Share Image
Fixing things requires change and change always creates conflict. But that is why you are a leader. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
A church is in a bad way when it banishes laughter from the sanctuary and leaves it to the cabaret, the nightclub… — Helmut Thielicke Copy Share Image
Facebook has more than 1 billion members, which by population makes it the third largest country in the world—somewhere between India and… — Phil Cooke Copy Share Image
If I believe the Bible, then I don't believe that a gay lifestyle or a homosexual lifestyle is the right way to… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
This old aristocracy and Church-ridden, and tradition-ridden country will never grow wiser. Whilst we are fighting for supremacy in Europe, the [United]… — John Bright Copy Share Image
The Church has never changed its teaching on the sanctity of human life - it didn't make up a rule for the… — Wellington Mara Copy Share Image
I know in the Christian church the old ladies use to say "what the devil meant for bad God meant for good."… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
The mere change of custom, even though it may be of advantage in some respects, unsettles men by reason of the novelty:… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
When you think about your relationship with Christ, it really just affects every aspect of your life. I think a lot of… — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
I owe everything to the gift of Pentecost. For fifty days the facts of the Gospel were complete, but no conversions were… — Samuel Chadwick Copy Share Image
Is the Church inimical to science? Growing up as a Catholic and a scientist - I don't see it. One truth is… — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
I have to say, as much I am respectful of people's faith and the idea of it being necessary for them, but… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
I lived in Meadowbrook. I went to church at Meadowbrook United Methodist Church. I went to school at Meadowbrook Elementary School and… — Kay Granger Copy Share Image
“What's to rationalize? You mean you shouldn't pray if you haven't got your s--t together? This is another fairly common misconception of… — J. Randy Taraborrelli Copy Share Image
You could go church and you could describe your worst behavior, your worst self, and despite your worst behavior you would be… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
No, the last thing she cared about was whether people were staring at the boy and girl kissing by the river, as… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I have been judged vehemently suspect of heresy, that is, of having held and believed that the sun in the centre of… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
If this government is doing the right thing by fighting corruption, the Church should support it. — Yemi Osinbajo Copy Share Image
Most people think that God wants us to demonstrate our love for God by having churches and by having symbols - and… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
If...we do not think that a local church is worthy of joining, why should we be considered worthy of serving in it? — Wayne Mack Copy Share Image
You cannot unify a church on any other foundation than agreement on sound doctrine. — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
The purpose of church is that we might learn to love unconditionally those we wouldn't normally like. — Richard Kuehn Copy Share Image
Christ's commandment to hear the Church . . . is binding on all men, in every period, and every country. — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
Many believe it is possible to be a "good Christian" without joining (or even attending) a local church, but God would strongly… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The founding fathers of the U.S. were right when they erected that wall between church and state. — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
It is not the church we want, but the sacrifice; not the emotion of admiration, but the act of adoration; not the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a special place in hell for what some people have done but there's also a special place in God's heart for… — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image
History showed that many people had lost their respect for any religion that had relied upon the support of government to spread… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
No one goes to heaven by parroting a prayer, being baptized, or joining a church, but by believing in Jesus Christ with… — Steven J Lawson Copy Share Image
The problem in the church today is not the profession of faith, but it's possession. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
All my life, my church, my family, my friends have always told me to have high self-esteem... to think well of myself.… — Shawn Bradley Copy Share Image
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