“If the church is the body of Christ [who was disguised in servant form], why would we think the world would be… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“He cannot quite accept that real property cannot be changed into money with the same speed and ease with which he changes… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Yes, I see the Church as the body of Christ. But, oh! How we have blemished and scarred that body through social… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
As an 18-year-old, I really sensed the call of God. What was interesting about that time was, I come from a very… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
There the union of Church and State tends strongly to paralyze some of the members of the body of Christ. Here there… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
The bread that you see on the altar is the Body of Christ as soon as it is sanctified by God's word.… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The only way the corporate Body of Christ will fulfill the mission Christ has given it is for individual Christians to have… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
The focus in the Western pictorial tradition is on the body of Christ, the bit you can paint, the Nativity and the… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
“God wants his power in every person’s life. He loves taking ordinary people and using them to do extraordinary things. It didn’t… — Chris Hodges Copy Share Image
“Some of the most despicable enemies of the Holy Bible in America today (and as far back as 1901) are born-again Conservatives,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In an attempt to hinder, if not altogether halt, the next move of God, Satan has sent forth an army of faultfinding… — Francis Frangipane Copy Share Image
“Instead of thinking those who don't share your passions are not 'real Christians,' recognize the beauty of diversity within the body of… — Holly Sprink Copy Share Image
“There is only one church, the church of faith ruled by the word of Jesus Christ alone. This is the true catholic… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“I suspect God is more glorified in a humble room of earnest worshipers than a massive production designed to sound "relevant" to… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
Christianity is realistic because it says that if there is no truth, there is also no hope; and there can be no… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“We are born hungry and completely dependent on others to meet our needs. In this way the act of eating reorients us… — Tish Harrison Warren Copy Share Image
“[O]nly if the form of Christ can be lived out in the community of the church is the confession of the church… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
“The enemy’s attacks also increase during prayer. Disguised as our own thoughts, the enemy sends many memories of past sins, shameful thoughts,… — R. Thomas Ashbrook Copy Share Image
What is the mark of a Christian? That he be purified of all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit in… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
“Paul said that God gave pastors, teachers, and elders to the church so that they could teach the rest of us to… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“In the sixteenth century the unity of western European Christendom had been shattered by the rise of Protestantism in its various strands… — Jerry Z. Muller Copy Share Image
“Having been baptized into Christ, and put on Christ,1 ye have been made conformable to the Son of God; for God having… — Cyril of Jerusalem Copy Share Image
As we stand at the edge of the horizon of Gods glory being revealed upon the earth the greatest need continues to… — GODDEY WILSON Copy Share Image
“The Massalians are not dualists but monarchians, and they have dealings with the infernal powers, and in fact some texts call them… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in theblood of Christ? The bread that we break, is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must re-grasp the idea of church membership as being the membership of the body of Christ and as the biggest honour… — Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
Nevertheless the meaning is not that the blessed bread which is divided, which is offered, and which the apostles received from the… — Martin Chemnitz Copy Share Image
“We must hate the evil and ungodly assumptions of the world, we must hate our own sinful nature, and we must hate… — Edward T. Welch Copy Share Image
“In Acts, every believer was living in a direct relationship with Him (Christ) and each one functioned normally as a member of… — Henry Hon Copy Share Image
Our joys will be doubled and our sorrows will be reduced and we will walk our life in community with the body… — Jennifer Rothschild Copy Share Image
In becoming part of the Body of Christ, sickness should have no more mastery over us than it had over the Body… — James Gordon Lindsay Copy Share Image
All individuals have moral deficiencies, and when introducing these to reality one not only strengthens himself but also the confidence of others… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“The phrase “the body of Christ,” expresses well what we are called to do: to represent in flesh what Christ is like,… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“Imagine if each one of us made a commitment to concentrate only on those things that strengthen the Body of Christ individually… — Nelson Searcy Copy Share Image
“When we speak of the Church as the Body of Christ we are saying that it is given such union with Christ… — T.F. Torrance Copy Share Image
“If you hate your body and think that it is only a source of affliction, that it contains only the roots of… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The devil isn’t a true lion; he just walks around roaring like one trying to intimidate the Body of Christ. But the… — Andrew Wommack Copy Share Image
Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“The fact that you have a large sum of money in your wallet does not remove your responsibility from you before God… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“Jesus' fathomless love changes how you and I will live in our moments, how we'll love in our neighborhoods, and what we'll… — Jennifer Dukes Lee Copy Share Image
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