The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. I thought the nuns were mean. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Wouldn't you like to contribute to an event that is part of Christ's own prediction, "I will build my church"? — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Just in relation to women, it's not that huge an imaginative leap to see the connection between the Taliban and the Catholic… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Emerging church leaders are not impressed by those who defend the Christian faith by promoting definitive answers to convince those who doubt… — Eddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Genuine Christianity is more than a relationship with Jesus, as expressed in personal piety, church attendance, Bible study, and works of charity.… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
Growing up, a lot of people at church would talk about these experiences that they've had and these personal revelations and feelings… — Benson Boone Copy Share Image
“The Church is a living body; continuously active, continuously performing Christ in the myriad contexts within which it operates. It comprises those… — Andrew Davison Copy Share Image
Baptists have long upheld the ideal of a free church in a free state. And from the beginning, they believed that forcing… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Nonbelievers may welcome the collapse in British religiosity, but the decline in church attendance has meant that the chance to chat each… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to… — Bjork Copy Share Image
Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearing. We went to church, and I still… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
As with every aspect of our sanctification, the renewal of the mind may be painful and difficult. It requires hard work and… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
A church can wither as surely under the ministry of soulless Bible exposition as it can where no Bible is given. To… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
“It is important to note that the lampstand in the tabernacle did not cast a broad light, illuminating everything in the tabernacle;… — Reggie Joiner Copy Share Image
We made four feature films with Sherwood Baptist. The wonderful thing was the church (members) volunteered. It was an awesome atmosphere of… — Alex Kendrick Copy Share Image
The way that Russian Orthodox services work generally, and certainly the way that this worked, is that it goes on for hours… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“Adam is fading out. It is on account of Darwin and that crowd. I can see that he is not going to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The Reformed Church was identified with the old all-white government of South Africa and its apartheid policy. The Roman Catholic Church was… — Edd Doerr Copy Share Image
The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. In a church all the… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
“I do not want to be a part of a church that can make it without the Holy Spirit.” — Chad Norris Copy Share Image
The English Established Church... will more readily pardon an attack on 38 of its 39 articles than on 1/39 of its income. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
If I ever found a church that didn't believe in knocking all the other churches, I might consider joining it. — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
The husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the Church. And the wife is there to… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse, I guess, than being black in an all-white church or being southern and being a liberal. — Lee Hazlewood Copy Share Image
My son, the Holy Church is on the right, but Jesus Christ was always on the left. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Jesus did not say that the whole world should go to church.Essentia lly He said that the church should go to the… — Greg Laurie Copy Share Image
Church bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood, The land of spices; something understood. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
Advent is the spiritual season of hope par excellence, and in this season the whole Church is called to be hope, for… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion. — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
I played at my church every once in a while, but that's not a good gauge, because everybody loves you at your… — Chris Tomlin Copy Share Image
Servanthood does not nullify leadership; it defines it. Jesus does not cease to be the Lion of Judah when He becomes the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
Churches whose members fight with one another have lost their vision for the lost. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Place before your eyes two Precepts, and two only. One is, Preach the Gospel; and the other is--Put down enthusiasm!The Church of… — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
There was a beautiful church where I lived in Navan, taught by the Christian brothers: fierce, angry men, repressed. — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
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