A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The importance of the Bible to a church is to keep the church on track. The role of the Constitution in government… — Ted Haggard Copy Share Image
Women should unite upon a platform of opposition to the teaching and aim of that ever most unscrupulous enemy of freedom--the Church. — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
Jesus was born again in the pit of hell. .. The church started when Jesus was born again in the gates of hell. — Charles Capps Copy Share Image
All the reasons which require the subjection of a believer to the brethren of a particular church require his subjection to all… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
I'm afraid I haven't become a born-again Christian. I'm sort of 'Church of England, lapsed' is about as far as I go. — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
The Church exists to connect people at the level of their hunger for a new world. — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
Scientific dogmatics must devote itself to the criticism and correction of Church proclamation and not just to a repetitive exposition of it. — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
This concern for the poor is in the Gospel, it is within the tradition of the Church, it is not an invention… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“It is important to think about the Church not as "over there" but as a community of struggling, weak people of whom… — Henri J.M. Nouwen 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
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
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
As a leader it is your job to protect the missional integrity of the Jesus gathering to which you have been called.… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
I didn't become a Christian until many years later, when I moved to the South Side of Chicago after college. It happened… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Why at the beginning of things is there always light? Dorrigo Evans' earliest memories were of sun flooding a church hall in… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Let us be today's Christians. Let us not take fright at the boldness of today's church. With Christ's light let us illuminate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love the youth of the Church. I have said again and again that I think we have never had a better… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“Building upon this early conception of the Church, Christians came to think of it as having a double aspect. Insofar as it… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
In the middle-class United States, a veneer of "alternative lifestyles" disguises the reality that, here as everywhere, women's apparent "choices" whether or… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Only the [Catholic] Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Sweetheart," Bill said formally, "I have always loved you, and I will be proud to die in your service. When I'm gone,… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
I was raised Catholic and I have a lot of respect for the good in the Catholic Church. But I don't go… — Dolores O'Riordan Copy Share Image
That is the power of the Eucharist. At the communion table you have rich and poor together in the early church and… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Marriage is a civic matter. It is really not, together with all its circumstances, the business of the church. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy. — Ignatius of Loyola Copy Share Image
New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village - the visible symbol of aspiration and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The questions of today's average young person, who is the product of America's intellectual bastions, have been virtually unaddressed by the church. — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history. — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
The safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time. — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
“It is very difficult sometimes to keep awake, especially at church, but there is no difficulty at all about sleeping.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If the church is going to make a difference, it will need to go through the "big give-up" stage. Churches will need… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The downfall of the church will not come from a lack of apologetic teaching; it will come from disintegration of the families… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
We all want to feel spiritually vigorous, and we hurt when we don't. This pain is intensified for people who lead church… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Know thyself,’ said Socrates. Know thyself,’ said Sappho, ‘and make sure that the Church never finds out. — Jeanette Winterson 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] States are working, and not fighting for it, but winning it all over the world.” quote by John Bright](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/877/john-bright-17156_aristocracy_this-old-aristocracy-and-church-ridden-a_1004091.jpg)
![“Only the [Catholic] Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler’s campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth…” quote by Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/52c/albert-einstein-33_admiration_only-the-catholic-church-stood-squarely_3034392.jpg)
