People have an absolute right to believe what they want to believe and to say what they want to say, and churches… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
The trouble with Christianity was that by about 150, there were hardly any Jews left in the Christian church, and so from… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
One who believes, as I do, that the free intellect is the chief engine of human progress, cannot but be fundamentally opposed… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I still go to that church now, and they don't believe in instruments in the church. But, my brothers and sisters in… — Ralph Stanley Copy Share Image
Any church that is not seriously involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist. — Oswald J. Smith Copy Share Image
“I’ve seen the anointing at work time and time again—people healed, oppression lifted, and lives completely transformed in an instant.” — Kathryn Krick Copy Share Image
I see the Christian world like this: we've inherited a divided map of the truth, and each of us has a piece.… — Michael Spencer Copy Share Image
One question I often ask is why the church doesn't set aside funds specifically to seed new ideas. A lot of our… — Chris Lowney Copy Share Image
“Believe me, once you have tasted worship—the kind of worship that captures your heart and rivets your full attention on the living… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Churches that depart from the Word will soon find that God has departed from them. — Robert Godfrey Copy Share Image
If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, church, and your king, you… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I don't really get to attend church. That's definitely one of the challenges. I'm always playing on Sunday, and that's tough because… — Tony Finau Copy Share Image
Let us never forget that it is the Lord who guides the Church. He is the one who makes our apostolates fruitful. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The only way a church is going to be relevant is to get out of its comfort zone and connect with unchurched… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer. Church and… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Racists are not born, they are raised. Isolation is the breeding ground for racism. The more you come to know the world… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
When a person gets right with God, my eyes are upward...I'm poor in spirit. I'm spiritually bankrupt. — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image
That the zeal for God's honor is also a dangerous passion, that the Christian must bring with him the courage to swim… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
My father was very strict with me, and I kept seeing a disparity between their freedom and my lack of it, or… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Politics is noble; it is one of the highest forms of charity, as Paul VI used to say. We sully it when… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Our society is divided by the culture wars into the Left and Right, and the United Methodist Church has always stood historically… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The Church is the handmaid of tyranny and the steady enemy of liberty. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
