They will be like shadows, they will be like wraiths, gray members of a congregation of nightmare; hark! his long wavering howl… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
If it came to saving the life of one priest or sacrificing the life of an entire congregation, the church would save… — Rob Walton Copy Share Image
Christ [is] the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such… — John Nelson Darby Copy Share Image
Because religious training means credulity training, churches should not be surprised to find that so many of their congregations accept astrology as… — Barbara G. Walker Copy Share Image
Prosperity Gospel”. At his United Church Science of Living Institute in New York he would tell his congregation “close your eyes and… — Reverend Ike Copy Share Image
You probably can't get much closer to God than serving a congregation 24/7. At the same time, there's a different kind of… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
I am accounted by some people as a good man. How cheap that character is acquired! Pay your debts, don't borrow money,… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
“Ndani ya chumba, akiwa bado amechanganyikiwa, akiwa hajui Debbie alikokwenda, Murphy alisikia walinzi wakipiga kelele nje. Kamanda huwa anakuwa shetani nyakati kama… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
It ought to be considered a great misfortune, not only for individuals, but also for Houses and Congregations, to have everything in… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I love New York. It's made me realize that God's a lot bigger than I thought he was. It's a really interesting… — Jay Bakker Copy Share Image
People with mental problems are our neighbors. They are members of our congregations, members of our families; they are everywhere in this… — Rosalynn Carter Copy Share Image
I have no respect for the right-to-life position. But when you legislate personal belief, you're in violation of freedom of religion. The… — John Irving Copy Share Image
So these are the kind of things that now when people are trying to move towards multiracial congregations that they're stressing. They're… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
The church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
When I was just writing books and giving lectures, if people disagreed, they just didn't buy your book or attend your lectures.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of church and state. The government has the right to say what happens in a civil case,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
Preacher's kids are often the ones that are least informed by the work that their parents are doing because it has something… — Khalil Gibran Muhammad Copy Share Image
I should not like to preach to a congregation who all believed as I believe. I would as lief preach to a… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
I couldn't give you a count of the number of single women I have in our congregation that are serving in very… — Ligon Duncan Copy Share Image
When the rest of the congregation rose at the entrance of the choir he kept his seat. He argued that rising to… — Isa Bowman Copy Share Image
I am a follower of Jesus Christ. The Bible is my primary way of knowing Him and what it means to follow… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
In mid-career, I was at one and the same time the rabbi of a major congregation, writing books, and teaching at Columbia.… — Arthur Hertzberg Copy Share Image
He was one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God may… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
The English are loth to express their feelings, but in my stall in the choir I could feel the pent-up, passionate emotion,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We're going to see more, and we are seeing more, and I'll tell you exactly why. Not because white and black are… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
In certain ways, I think the work in the Evangelical community has been the most interesting and the most promising. Partly because… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
My dad was a non-denominational preacher, actually a Congregationalist which is really where all congregations come to congregate. That's why it's called… — Larry the Cable Guy Copy Share Image
There's a lot of terminology, like "washes whiter than snow," and these things which when they're said in a uniracial congregation, they… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many old music hall fans were present at the funeral today of Fred 'Chuckles' Jenkins, Britain's oldest and unfunniest comedian. In tribute,… — Ronnie Barker Copy Share Image
Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by… — Eddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think. You may preach to a congregation by the year and… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
If we go into white congregations, non-whites will sometimes say it felt like worship never started. It was sort of dead and… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
As I've taught our congregation, within the Christian faith the question of homosexuality is not a question of biblical authority, but biblical… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
The Eucharist has been preempted and redefined in dualistic thinking that leaves the status quo of the world untouched, so congregations can… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
“A church leadership that cannot provide members with business ideas should stop demanding tithe from them. Plant greatness in the members and… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
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