Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“How much more properly did the apostles call themselves servants of the present Christ and not vicars of an absent Christ.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In August, 1900, [Friedrich] Nietzsche was laid to rest Nietzsche, as the apostle of atheism, heralded the darkest century the world has… — Benjamin Wiker Copy Share Image
Guys dropped their families and followed Him... When I read of Christ and the Apostles, I see mind control at work to… — David Thibodeau Copy Share Image
If God's love for his children is to be measured by our health, wealth, and comfort in this life, God hated the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
There is an urgent need for the emergence of a new generation of apostles anchored firmly in the word of Christ, capable… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Lord never had - and never will have to the end of time - a church on the earth without prophets,… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
The Lord chose the apostles, that they should be with Him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
Wherefore, by the authority of Apostolic power, We declare inventors of novel notions, which as the Apostle Paul has said are of… — Pope Innocent I Copy Share Image
In this matter of baptism - if I may be pardoned for saying it - I can only conclude that all the… — Huldrych Zwingli Copy Share Image
What cursed spirit of falsehood moveth priests to close themselves within stone walls for all their life, since Christ commanded all his… — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They… — Roland Allen Copy Share Image
Thus the Old Testament prophets, Jesus himself, and his apostles all attribute the divine power in his (Jesus) ministry not to the… — Jack Deere Copy Share Image
There is a Wonderful story in the Gospel of Luke (6:12-26). Jesus went up to the mountain to pray at night; in… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The apostles suffered incredible persecution and died horrible deaths in the Christian cause. The only possible explanation for their zeal was that… — Fritz Ridenour Copy Share Image
the Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by 'special interests.' But when pressed to name these 'special interests,'… — Geraldine Ferraro Copy Share Image
For who does not know, or does not advert to the fact, that what was given to the Roman Church by Peter,… — Pope Innocent I Copy Share Image
The first duty of a Christian, of a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ, is to deny himself. To deny oneself means… — Innocent of Alaska Copy Share Image
Jesus will turn your sorrow into joy. One can only imagine the shock and bewilderment the Apostles felt when the Lord told… — Patrick Madrid Copy Share Image
Jesus' life was a storm of controversy. The apostles, like the prophets before them, could hardly go a day without controversy. Paul… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
...it is proper that the duty of helping the poor and unfortunate should especially stir Catholics, since they are members of the… — Pope John XXII Copy Share Image
All love is of God, the Apostle John reminds us, and because love cannot be buried in a coffin, the beautiful but… — Herbert Lockyer Copy Share Image
There is no regularly constituted church of Christ on earth, nor any person qualified to administer any church ordinances; nor can there… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
There was good reason for the silence of the Holy Spirit as to how,when, in what form Christ ordained the apostles, the… — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
It is the Jews who originated biblical exegesis (a critical analysis of the Bible), just as they were the first to criticize… — Bernard Lazare Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
If we are going to do away with polygamy, it would only be one feather in the bird, one ordinance in the… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
The Popish theory, which assumes that Christ, the Apostles and believers, constituted the Church while our Saviour was on earth, and this… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
It is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles,… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
The Mass is the greatest blasphemy of God, and the highest idolatry upon earth, an abomination the like of which has never… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Does Scripture forbid homosexual behavior? Of course it does. Jesus and his apostles taught that God's intention in marriage is for a… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
One should not seek among others the truth that can be easily gotten from the Church. For in her, as in a… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
True religion is a union of God with the soul, a real participation of the divine nature, the very image of God… — Henry Scougal Copy Share Image
Probably they had good reason for omitting it. A profane mind might make a jest of an apostle half seas over, and… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
Could one count such dilettantes and old spinsters as that mawkish apostle of virginity, Mainlander, as a genuine German? In the last… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Thus, the apostles' adventure began as a gathering of persons who open to one another reciprocally. A direct knowledge of the Teacher… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The proposition that the principal articles of the Apostles' Creed did not have the same meaning for the Christians of the earliest… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being… — Origen Copy Share Image
There is no work better than another to please God: to pour water, to wash dishes, to be a souter [cobbler], or… — William Tyndale Copy Share Image
Do not, brethren, put your trust in man though he be a bishop, an apostle, or a president. If you do, they… — George Q. Cannon Copy Share Image