The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The state in the matter of drugs should not, any more than in the matter of sex, act as the secret agent… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Because homophobia is still largely driven by the church, it's legitimised. It's also tied to sexism, because those two are never far… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
“Why do men bother with churches at all when instead they might make cathedrals out of sky and water?” — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
I read my Bible and I pray and all of that. I really do. But at the same time, I dont think… — Kristin Chenoweth Copy Share Image
“Spirituality has a language of it's own and some people haven't learned to speak it.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I love 'Sky Whale!' I play it in bed, I play it in church, I even play it on the toilet! — GloZell Copy Share Image
In early church polemics, Jews are deemed no longer worthy of their own Scriptures because they have failed to accept Christ as… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
The Church commends the law-makers for their prompt reaction to outlaw same-sex relationships in Nigeria and calls for the bill to be… — Peter Akinola Copy Share Image
“The secret to strong leaders is that strong leaders are strong because they have been tempered by the negative. They have discovered… — John Paul Warren Copy Share Image
If you are in the country, you should notice landmarks - that is, objects which help you to find your way or… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
The Catholic writer, in so far as he has the mind of the Church, will feel life from the standpoint of the… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Church attendance rates among white Americans without a college education have dropped pretty significantly. People with college degrees are more likely to… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Let's forget about the mythical Jesus and look for encouragement, solace and inspiration from real women... Two thousand years of patriarchal rule… — Annie Laurie Gaylor Copy Share Image
When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the… — Olympia Dukakis Copy Share Image
The only sure rule is to remember that the Bible is indeed God's gift to the church, to equip that church for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know nothing which life has to offer so satisfying as the profound good understanding, which can subsist, after much exchange ofgood… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Economic man and the Calvinist Christian sing to each other like voices in a fugue. The Calvinist stands alone before an almost… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
I'd signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England. That has a particular history and I think we… — Alan Green Copy Share Image
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Yes, believers and non-believers and skeptics can all live together and get along. But there cannot be an imperialistic imposition of religion… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Power corrupts. If the Church is given too much power, it will become corrupted. So to keep the Church in line with… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
The true makes of history are the spiritual men whom the world knew not, the unregarded agents of the creative action of… — Christopher Dawson 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
Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“Often the truth is in front of your face, but your eyes and heart are so full of lies that you can't… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The person who had the greatest influence in my life was my dad, who was a wonderful small businessman, devoted to his… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
I grew up in church, so every time I say certain words, I'm like, 'I'm going to get in trouble.' — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
My mom is very religious - Catholic - and from a young age they brought me to the church. — Bad Bunny Copy Share Image
Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness. — Bill Hybels Copy Share Image
Easter celebrations are evidence of the increased benign influence of the Russian Orthodox Church and other traditional churches in our country on… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I sang in church, but growing up in the neighborhood, music was more of an expression of relief or entertainment. — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
“So we went on what we now call "The Beck Family Church Tour" and man did we see some churches.” — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
Sunday is the best day of the week because we celebrate the risen Christ of the cross in the local church, the… — C. J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
If we wait for the needy to walk through our church doors, we may wait a long time. God doesn't wait for… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Yes, I'm a Pastor of a church called Understand Principles for Better Living Church, in Los Angeles, CA. — Della Reese Copy Share Image
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