As a body without breath is a corpse, so the church without the Spirit is dead. — John Stott Copy Share Image
My kids think you are always supposed to be in a small group and lead one. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
The Church is the handmaid of tyranny and the steady enemy of liberty. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
By the power invested in me by the state of New York and the Universal Life Church, I now pronounce you husband… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Our churches should attract the people Jesus attracted and frustrate the people Jesus frustrated. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurity of Women doctrine that seemed… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Every time I do interviews, they ask me about the same things - poverty, war, and the power of the church. — Ian Brown Copy Share Image
Not everyone who goes to church is a member of the church, some are just numbers in the church.. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The church is not made up of one person but a whole congregation, and they should be able to interact with art… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
If you're not looking forward to church this morning perhaps it's time to look for a church. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry. — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and in-grafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I'm worried that a few people are confusing the ringing of a church bell with the ringing of a cash register, ..… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malpractice and the childlike approach of… — Derek Jarman Copy Share Image
I know whom we must fight...it is the Church. For all its history, it's tried to suppress and control every natural impulse.That… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Above all, I declare that Jesus Christ is the center of our faith; I testify to you that he lives. He leads… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
A church that doesn't provoke any crises, a gospel that doesn't unsettle, a word of God that doesn't get under anyone’s skin,… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
If you were against slavery in 1840 and a white person, you would have been against the law, the Bible, your church,… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Too much preaching nowadays pats the back and tickles the ear, but does not get under the skin. There is no conviction… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Now Pope Francis on his overnight flight back to Italy explains how contraception can be justified. This is the pope, the Vicar… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It would be more in keeping with the intention of the noblest man in this world if our two Christian churches, instead… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
My father was very strict with me, and I kept seeing a disparity between their freedom and my lack of it, or… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The grand reason of the burst of public sentiment in anathemas upon Christ and his disciples, causing his crucifixion, was evidently based… — Jedediah M. Grant Copy Share Image
There's a little bit of gospel in everything I do. But I don't know if I will ever do a gospel album.… — El DeBarge Copy Share Image
The Church is the Body of Christ, and the Spirit is the Spirit of Christ. He fills the Body, directs its movements,… — Samuel Chadwick Copy Share Image
Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin. . . . In the Church,… — Origen Copy Share Image
