Every institution places its ultimate weight on preserving its own life. That is why the Church emphasizes loving God over loving one's… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Why should we not enter into our inheritance in the church as well as the concert hall? — Ralph Vaughan Williams Copy Share Image
I was working in a church in Florida as a youth intern, which means I really didn't do much other than staple… — Bart Millard Copy Share Image
First of all, there's no separation of church and state in the Islamic world. They're one and the same. And so when… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The men who were running the church in the late '60s and '70s panicked when they saw the chaos, which developed after… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
My father had played cornet, although I never saw him play it. I found his mouthpiece when I was a kid. I… — Johnny Griffin Copy Share Image
Important thing about myth is that it's not just something that you believe, a myth is essentially a program for action. And… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I was ordained into the ministry through my local church in February of 2000. I had already been doing a lot of… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
We ought to regard the sacrament of baptism with reverence. An ordinance of which the Lord Jesus Himself partook, is not to… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us face a pluralistic world in which there are no universal churches, no single remedy for all diseases, no one way… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Scripture urges and warns us that whatever favors we may have obtained from the Lord, we have received them as a trust… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Would you like me to teach you how to trust God? Start with your money. — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image
The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
I do not want "Mormonism" to become popular; I would not, if I could, make it as popular as the Roman Catholic… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
It would be a godsend if the Church would suffer persecution today; she hasn't suffered it for hundreds of years. She is… — Billy Sunday Copy Share Image
As in the natural life a child must have a father and a mother, so in the supernatural life of grace a… — Louis de Montfort Copy Share Image
The free will is a pagan goddess that the Church has worshipped for far too long. — Steve Lawson Copy Share Image
The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“For the church, the many abuses of human life, liberty, and dignity are a heartfelt suffering. The church, entrusted with the earth’s… — Oscar A. Romero Copy Share Image
One person may need (or want) more leisure, another more work; one more adventure, another more security, and so on. It is… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
I don't want to start a movement that mirrors religion. I don't want to create the church of the non-believers where I'm… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
If the pursuit of God's glory is not ordered above the pursuit of man's good in the affections of the heart and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The Lordship of Jesus Christ is not quite forgotten among Christians, but it has been relegated to the hymnal where all responsibility… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
