[...] There is none that disperses its control more complexly through the voting system, the work situation, the church, the family, the… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Would the potential attraction to Mormonism by simply having a Mormon in the White House threaten traditional Christianity by leading more Americans… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
[R]eligion cannot share the material strength of the rulers without being burdened with some of the animosity roused against them. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a church organist, but we only went on Easter and Christmas Eve sometimes. — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
“I believe in love. I believe in the love Lucy shows me, the kind I'll try hard to give back to her… — Katie Henry Copy Share Image
If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted with the best class of colored people… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
When one is required to preside over the Church, and be entrusted with the care of so many souls, the whole female… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was overwhelmed by the number of calls we got from people offering to rent us houses, to take us out to… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was vaguely aware of things that went on in church, because I was in the boys' choir at the… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Don't jump down - folks, contraception in the Catholic Church is a thing. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
[Whenever the average intellect of the clergy declines in the balance with the average intellect of the people] the churches will be… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The disappearance of theology from the life of the Church, and the orchestration of that disappearance by some of its leaders, is… — David F. Wells Copy Share Image
Has God no living church? He has a church, but it is the church militant, not the church triumphant. We are sorry… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Babies cry, make noise, go here and there. But it annoys me when a baby cries in church and there are those… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Stop going to church everywhere and start belonging to church somewhere. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not… — Alan Green Copy Share Image
Take heed of thinking. The farther you go from the church of Rome, the nearer you are to God. — Henry Wotton Copy Share Image
The Lord's Prayer reminds us that God longs for His people to communicate with Him, not just in church on Sunday, but… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
I gave my heart to Jesus. I accepted him as my Lord and Savior, started reading the Bible, started going to a… — Patricia Mauceri Copy Share Image
So if we approach church membership from the perspective of entitlement, we have it upside down. You always ask first what you… — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
It began to drizzle rain and he turned on the windshield wipers; they made a great clatter like two idiots clapping in… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
The changes in the Catholic Church since Vatican II can certainly be scanned in terms of this long retreat from the sacred… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
The early Church had nothing but the Old Testament. The New Testament lies hidden in the Old; the Old Testament lies open… — Randall Terry Copy Share Image
Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could indulge in… — Mike Bickle Copy Share Image
Personally, I am a church-going Christian. I love my church, my congregation; it's my favorite place to be. — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
Tend to choose what is popular over what is right when they are in conflict. They desire to fit in both at… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
The church had to find a way to protect Jesus' perfection so that he could do the work of salvation which, in… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
One of my favorite fantasies is that next Sunday not one single woman, in any country of the world, will go to… — Sonia Johnson Copy Share Image
It's just that the churches have been sleeping for a long time. A lot of people argue that the churches are even… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The problem with most American churches is that they teach too much and don't do enough. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I believe in the absolute separation of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the Constitution that Congress shall make… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
“If we could summarize all, or almost all, of the New Testament letters, we would not be too far off the mark… — David A. Fiensy Copy Share Image
I love going to black churches, and I love some of these black preachers. The best preacher I ever saw in my… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
Archbishop Romero of El Salvador was a member of the Salvadoran aristocracy. He could not have risen to the top of the… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable, too clearly… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Jesus began to lean forward and rise from His seat. As the anointing caught in the folds of His garments, it began… — Jack W. Hayford Copy Share Image
![“[...] There is none that disperses its control more complexly through the voting system, the work situation, the church, the family, the school, the mass media - none more successful in mollifying opposition with reforms, isolating people from one another, creating patriotic loyalty.” quote by Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b2c/howard-zinn-576_america_there-is-none-that-disperses-its-control_1323306.jpg)
![“[R]eligion cannot share the material strength of the rulers without being burdened with some of the animosity roused against them.” quote by Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f8d/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_animosity_r-eligion-cannot-share-the-material-stre_1324329.jpg)
![“[Whenever the average intellect of the clergy declines in the balance with the average intellect of the people] the churches will be shut up and a new order of things [will] begin.” quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dbc/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_average_whenever-the-average-intellect-of-the-cl_1328223.jpg)
![“The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not to notice. It is really beautiful, and musical in its poetry.” quote by Alan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c34/alan-green-21822_beautiful_the-book-of-the-bible-song-of-songs-is-a_1330630.jpg)
