It is told that the great Angelo, in decorating a church, painted some angels wearing sandals. A cardinal looking at the picture… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I believe in God... but I don't believe in religion. Religion is used to manipulate and punish. Used in a thousand ways… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I didn't like my first primary school in Leicester very much. As I was going home on my tricycle one day, I… — Tim Pigott-Smith Copy Share Image
I am verily persuaded the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of His holy word. I beseech you, remember… — John Robinson Copy Share Image
Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
“I'm not a religious believer, yet despite that I go to church. I love the architecture, the music, the words of the… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
Rock music had become my religion. Radio my church. And these DJs my priests, rabbis and gurus. — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
I think religion has often played a very positive role. Take western civilization, the Catholic Church has played an honorable role in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If we make sacrifices in doing good or in doing ill, it does not alter the ultimate value of our actions; even… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Show me a church or a Christian organization that emphasizes prayer, and I'll show you a ministry where people are excited about… — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
Church can be extremely boring. It can be very meaningful, it can be character forming, but can be have very little fizz… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
In England, we have a curious institution called the Church of England. Its strength has always been in the fact that on… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
You don't ever have to teach a kid to do wrong. You have to teach them to do right. — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image
I was pregnant with my youngest child at the time, writing about mass death while I'm growing this precious little life inside… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
“I see no reason why church services have to be standard. I've discussed this with the man who used to be a… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
“You (Millennials) are the generation most afraid of real community because it inevitably limits freedom and choice. Get over your fear.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, "Why do you… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
Here are the folks that are involved in this New World Order: The United Nations [....] the World Council of Churches [.....]… — Kent Hovind Copy Share Image
A church has no right to make anything a condition of membership, which Christ has not made a condition of salvation. — Archibald Alexander Hodge Copy Share Image
“The most frustrating thing about our doctrine in the modern church is that the unbelievers who have never been to church, the… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
What we argue in the piece is that the headscarf has become a political symbol for an ideology of Islam that is… — Asra Nomani Copy Share Image
The laws of God given to mankind are embodied in the gospel plan, and the Church of Jesus Christ is made responsible… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
I'm a preacher first and a writer second, although my role is changing a bit at the church. I'm going to bring… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
There are many things that black women can continue to do to help black folk. First, black women have historically been among… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Our Christian identity is belonging to a people: the Church. Without the Church we are not Christians. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“If we think the main mission of the church is to improve life in Adam and add a little moral strength to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When 'American Teenager' dropped, I quickly started seeing people be like, 'Ethel Cain makes me want to grab a Bible and go… — Ethel Cain Copy Share Image
In time, Mr Hall, one gets to recognize that sneer, that hardness, for fornication extends far beyond the actual deed. Were it… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Mechanical Animals for me documents the repair of my emotions, the repair of my soul, and this record does deal with God… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
When I was in my early 20s I converted to Catholicism after a long period of searching. What I think drew me… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
A heck of a lot more accountability comes from individuals or the church doing it than the government, that signs off on… — Doug LaMalfa Copy Share Image
Since strict obedience is demanded and harshly enforced, only the least talented, least articulate, least nuanced thinkers, least likely to take a… — Kate Kelly Copy Share Image
Mr. Trump, like too much of the church, offers little more than an excuse to project complex problems onto simple villains. Yet… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Non-mainstream people seem to balk at the idea of 12-step. A lot of us think 12-step recovery means sitting in a church… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
I’d smack you over the head with it so hard your bell would still be ringing for Church next Saturday night. ~… — Jennifer Rardin Copy Share Image
“Luther had passed many a white church in his day, heard them singing their hymns and chanting their "Amens" and seen them… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“The church is not a brick-and-mortar structure. The church is made of flesh & blood. Followers of #Christ are the church.” — Eric Samuel Timm Copy Share Image
“She was going to be okay. I knew she was. She had forever changed my life and I had changed hers. I… — Anna Aquino Copy Share Image