Every time the Catholic Church takes one step forward, it seems to take one giant step back. — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
Sodomy is in the Bible, to be read in churches. I wouldn't rule it out of Mr. Bruce's act if he cares… — Dorothy Kilgallen Copy Share Image
We are met today in a general conference. Sometimes, I hear, the people feel, some of them, that perhaps we are not… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
It's important for people in the Church to realize that the way they talk and think about the Bible isn't the way… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
Both of my parents, Paul and Michelle, are Catholic, so I was raised in the Church from birth. The rich traditions of… — Justin Tucker Copy Share Image
First, I am definitely going to give some money to my mission program at church, and then I have to get my… — Darci Lynne Farmer Copy Share Image
Someone has said that the marks of a strong church are wet eyes, bent knees, and a broken heart. We'll never be… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
"Did God have a mother?" Children, when told that God made the heavens and the earth, innocently ask whether God had a… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Religious institutions should have religious freedom on this issue. No church or minister should ever have to conduct a marriage that is… — Kay Hagan Copy Share Image
We do not need to wait for the Holy Spirit to come: he came on the day of Pentecost. He has never… — John Stott Copy Share Image
We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. .… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It appears likely that there was no normative pattern of church government in the apostolic age, and that the organizational structure of… — George Eldon Ladd Copy Share Image
If you've ever left a bag of clothes outside the Salvation Army or given to a local church drive, chances are that… — George Packer Copy Share Image
I contend that whatever does not raise the moral standard of the church or community has been a revival from God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
In this way they went on, and on, and on-in the language of the story-books-until at last the village lights appeared before… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Straight Americans need an education of the heart and soul. They must understand - to begin with - how it can feel… — Bruce Bawer Copy Share Image
Our churches should attract the people Jesus attracted and frustrate the people Jesus frustrated. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Searching for our kindred dead isn't just a hobby. It is a fundamental responsibility for all members of the Church. We believe… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
In the end, the church will either declare the truth of God's Word, or it will find a way to run away… — Albert Mohler Copy Share Image
Have you not observed that there is a lower kind of discretion and regularity, which seldom fails of raising men to the… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I was born in Bala, North Wales, and was sent to a private tutor. I seem to remember walking to the tutor… — Christopher Timothy Copy Share Image
The rhetoric of anti-Catholicism, whether its sources are Protestant or secular, has always insisted that the church of Rome is the enemy… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
To put it a little crudely, these days nobody is afraid of excommunication. If they decide they don't want to be Catholic… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
In size the electron bears the same relation to an atom that a baseball bears to the earth. Or, as Sir Oliver… — Waldemar Kaempffert Copy Share Image
“Life of any real value or substance is not formed during good times merely enjoyed.” — John Paul Warren Copy Share Image
“Liturgy is the means that the church uses to keep baptized Christians in living touch with the entire living holy community as… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Inviting others to help us with our work in the Church helps them feel needed and helps them feel the Spirit. When… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
No one church has all the answers or the perfect map to the Promised Land, and I prefer to work out my… — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
The next Republican that will win will campaign in the Latino community, will campaign amongst Asian-Americans, will campaign in the black churches,… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
Wherever the bishop shall appear, let the multitude of also be, just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the catholic [i.e.,… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
It is a remarkable fact that all the heresies which have arisen in the Christian Church have had a decided tendency to… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
There was a lot of music in our home. Mom played piano in church and gave piano lessons. — Ernie Isley Copy Share Image
Whether considered as a doctrine, or as an historical fact, or as a movemement, socialism, if it really remains socialism, cannotbe brought… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
There is an enormous difference between growing old in the Lord and growing up in Him. One is automatic and requires no… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
I love the church. And the church is flawed. I think it's important that the issues of justice become important to the… — Russell Okung Copy Share Image
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