Christianity in the Middle East is shattered. The ancient faith tradition lies beaten, broken, and dying. — Jeff Fortenberry Copy Share Image
“The Holy Spirit is faithful to empower you to carry out your witness of Jesus.” — Jim George Copy Share Image
“A year after his mother's death, Gary turned to religion. A religion of his own making. He” — Frank Stone Copy Share Image
I was never argued out of faith; it was much more passive than that - and I wasn't argued back in, either. — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure, that it is profane to seek to interpose helps. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If you desire to know where your spiritual work lies, look to your emotional pain. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Ironic, isn't it, what religion does to people?" "I guess it's more ironic what people do to religion. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
People cheer the Bible, buy the Bible, give the Bible, own the Bible - they just don't actually read the Bible. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Contemporary Christians have declared war on individual immorality but seem remarkably silent about the evil of systems, especially corporate greed and malfeasance.… — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
Acedia is sorrow so complete that the flesh pervails completely over the spirit. You don't just turn your back on the world,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Real faith is never something that can be forced by the state. It’s something that either be encouraged and smiled upon or… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
God is a reality of spirit He cannot be conceived as an object, not even as the very highest object. God is… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
“Faith has won it! Fear has lost it! When you get full of faith, the devil gets filled with fear! Keep your… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If we accept, as we must, the theory of the indestructibility of matter, no less must we accept the indestructibility of the… — Howard Spring Copy Share Image
In its Roman-era setting, for example, Christianity was so different that critics of the time referred to it as a "superstition" (meaning… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be surprised or shocked if, 10 years from now or 20 years from now, Muslims or Christians or non-Jews will… — Tamer Nafar Copy Share Image
I think aging is underrated. As you grow older, you have perspective and you realize just how fortunate you are to be… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
“Long, discursive, dry, and inane are the prayers in many pulpits. Without unction or heart, they fall like a killing frost on… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
“There's also way too much religion in the South to be consistent with good mental health. Still, I love traveling down there,… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Faith is either something that informs one at all times or it isn’t anything at all, really. When the Chinese government tells… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice… — Tallulah Bankhead Copy Share Image
Meditation plays a big role in my life. Meditation fortifies my spirit, improves my focus, my desire. When I fight I try… — Lyoto Machida Copy Share Image
“And verily there is one spring and cause of the decay of religion in our day, which we cannot but touch upon,… — Various Copy Share Image
Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Jesus did not say: 'One of you go', but 'All of you go': we are sent together. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Why does the Church grow and flourish? It does so because of divine direction to the leaders and members. — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
I don't need your resistance I don't need your prayers. I don't need no religion I don't need a thing from you. — Dope Copy Share Image
I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance. — Christopher Marlowe Copy Share Image
Unbelief puts our circumstance between us and God, but faith puts God between us and our circumstances. — F.B. Meyer Copy Share Image
Positions on politics and religion are labels. Inside I'm still me, just older and tired. — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“Understanding that true spiritual evolution comes from walking forward while turning inwards.” — Emma Mildon Copy Share Image
Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
My school spirit is at an all time low, I'm losing my status at the school. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
No step taken in faith is wasted, not by a God who makes all things new. — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Today, the religion clauses of the First Amendment do not need to be fixed; they need to be followed. — Walter F. Mondale Copy Share Image
“theology is not the study of ideas about God; it is the study of the living God.” — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
