The church didn't know what to do with Ray Charles or Al Green. And so they were kind of ostracized. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
The church should be a disciplined charging army. Christians, like slaves and solders ask no questions. We are fighting a holy war. — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
I come from an African Caribbean background. I've been influenced by a reggae church music style, contemporary gospel, and rock all fused… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
“There is only one room that the Devil can't dare enter in unless if you let him, and that, is your heart.” — Dr Paul Gitwaza Copy Share Image
Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
This much is sure in all churches, forgetting party labels; the smallest meeting numerically is the prayer-meeting. If weak in prayer we… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid ... research and discussions ... with regard to the doctrine of evolution. — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
'Down on Me' can't showcase my true talent. 'Birthday Sex' was robotic. When I perform it, I can't give you this church… — Jeremih Copy Share Image
We cannot be content with an evangelism which does not lead to the drawing of converts into the church, nor with a… — John Stott 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
I like the church, I like a cowl, I love a prophet of the soul; And on my heart monastic aisles Fall… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It will be one of the tragedies of Christian history if future historians record that at the height of the twentieth century… — Martin Luther King, Jr 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
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“I played my role as the good Christian girl and spared everyone the drama of an argument. But that decision to remain… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Sometimes I go back and listen to the very first day I went to church. I listen to that sermon all the… — Robert Covington Copy Share Image
Classically, there are three ways in which humans try to find transcendence--religious meaning--apart from God as revealed through the cross of Jesus:… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
What James Madison and the other men of his generation had in mind when they wrote the First Amendment was that there… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
“Church is a place to give rest to your soul, a place of gathering where anyone should be able to come and… — Andrew Marin Copy Share Image
There are constraints on what counts as "Reformed." It's more than a name or a label. It's about belonging to a particular… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
It saddens me that in many churches today, you hardly hear the name of Jesus being mentioned. Instead, you hear psychology being… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
“I think that it [the Church] stands for everything most hostile to the mental emancipation and stimulation of mankind. It is the… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
They whirled past the dark trees, as feathers would be swept before a hurricane. Houses, gates, churches, hay-stacks, objects of every kind… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I always kind of divided the gay guys I met up into two groups when I first started coming out. There were… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
“Don't compare yourself to other Christians. Compare yourself to Christ. He is the one you follow. He is the one other Christians… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
You know the worst: your wills are fickle, Your values blurred, your hearts impure And your past life a ruined church-- But… — Louis MacNeice Copy Share Image
If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
What breaks my heart is in the United States hundreds of thousands wake up on a Sunday and church never crosses their… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
What we have seen in recent years in the United States is the church's rights to express itself, and to conduct its… — Bruce L. Shelley Copy Share Image
Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I grew up in church and it's always been important to me. I've always had a sense of calling to do life… — Brian Bird Copy Share Image
No creed can be stretched to the size of truth; no church can be made as large as man. — Lemuel K Copy Share Image
“Like a mighty army moves the Church of God.” But this is no way for a gentle-man.” — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
If you can explain what is happening in a church, apart from the sovereign act of God, it is not revival. — Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily go to church every week, but I am a Christian, and I believe in God and Jesus Christ. — Andrew Forrest Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
All liaisons between homosexuals are conducted as though they were between a chorus girl and a bishop. In some cases both parties… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
To doubt has more of faith ... than that blank negation of all such thoughts and feelings which is the lot of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Every Wednesday, my husband and I have a study group with our friends. I attend church. We try to devote time in… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
“The Gospel is the good news, not the grouse news. Preaching is not beating, it´s informing in a christlike way.” — Alin Sav Copy Share Image
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