While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Storytelling has driven faith and religious practice, keeping them alive for millennia. Just as every hymn, icon, and stained-glass window in a… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
Some go to church to see and be seen, Some go there to say they have been, Some go there to sleep… — Proverb Copy Share Image
This is the highest honour of the Church, that, until He is united to us, the Son of God reckons himself in… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Writers around the world protested when two Communist writers, Siniavski and Daniel, were sentenced to prison by their own comrades. But not… — Richard Wurmbrand Copy Share Image
The Church doesn't censor. It tries to guide its faithful through catechism. — Claudio Hummes Copy Share Image
I am in love with every church And mosque And temple And any kind of shrine Because I know it is there… — Hafez Copy Share Image
A woman never wrote, "Thou shalt not commit adultery." God wrote that. You sin first and foremost against God. — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image
You will notice that in all disputes between Christians since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine which… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Historically speaking, institutions are slow to change and usually resistant to any sudden moves - churches especially so. — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of my all-time favorite writers. I feel spiritual when reading his words, even though they're translated. I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
What I notice, as a historian reading stories about so-called nature miracles, the walking on the water, or the miraculous catch of… — John Dominic Crossan Copy Share Image
The first thing I think I ever played in public, aside from singing in church, would have been - and this is… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in… — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility, and the young should not only shun it, but by the… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
She started walking toward me and perfect white teeth caught her full bottom lip between them. I’d fantasized about those lips way… — Abbi Glines Copy Share Image
We sang a lot of church music. We were very active Baptists. Supposedly, I started singing when I was being given a… — Jim Foglesong Copy Share Image
That's one of the perks about playing, especially in a Black church: You learn to play off of a feeling. You hear… — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
The church doctrines of obedience to authority, repentance, fear of punishment, self-abnegation, acceptance of outer direction rather than inner assurance, elevation of… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
I was a military brat. My dad was in the military, so I was born in Germany. I moved around a lot;… — Zaytoven Copy Share Image
We really want to send the message that commanders need to understand and be accountable. We saw that with the Catholic Church.… — Amy Ziering Copy Share Image
Extremist groups like People for the American Way attack Christians who run for public office as a threat to the 'separation of… — Ronald H. Nash Copy Share Image
