The victory of the Church over the power which was embodied in the Roman imperial system was not won by seizing the… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been… — Francis Arinze Copy Share Image
When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
When you think about your relationship with Christ, it really just affects every aspect of your life. I think a lot of… — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, Preach about the meek… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with… — Richard Morris Copy Share Image
Real religion should be something that liberates men. But churches don't want free men who can think for themself and find their… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
I'm the only person in my family who can't sing. My grandmother was an opera singer and all of her kids were… — Le1f Copy Share Image
Preaching is the primary means of growth for the local church. There is a great deal of debate about this in our… — James Montgomery Boice Copy Share Image
The lack of brotherhood among believers themselves has paralyzed the church in front of the skepticism and immorality of the world; but… — William Mackergo Taylor Copy Share Image
You know I told the Lord, "Why can't I just move in healing and forget talking about all that other stuff." He… — Todd Bentley Copy Share Image
It is upsetting to many parents that their teen-agers introduce them to their friends as encyclopedia salesmen who are just passing through… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
“The practical consequence of both of the teachings noted is to encourage homosexual promiscuity. Church members can engage in many short-term liaisons… — Walter Wink Copy Share Image
My point is, however, that churches do promote beliefs that would more appropriately find a place in a context of intellectual debate.… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
In medieval times, the Church used to sell 'indulgences' for money. This amounted to paying for some number of days' remission from… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
We are a product of our families, schools, and churches. Without the liberty and rule of law that characterize America, entrepreneurship would… — Rich Lowry Copy Share Image
Too often, however, the church professes its faith but is unsure how to practice it. Even some of my seminary students come… — Kevin Vanhoozer Copy Share Image
The church was custom built by Jesus, and we are all works in progress. We do not expect people to get their… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
In 1962 (Engel v. Vitale), the Supreme Court explained that the word 'church' would no longer mean a federally established denomination; it… — David Barton Copy Share Image
Every art is a church without communicants, presided over by a parish of the respectable. An artist is born kneeling; he fights… — Hortense Calisher Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit cannot conquer the world with unbelief, nor can He save the world with a worldly Church. He calls for… — Samuel Chadwick Copy Share Image
The church is not a place where perfect people gather to say perfect things, or have perfect thoughts, or have perfect feelings.… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Declare Church and State forever separate and distinct, but each free within their proper spheres, and that all church property shall bear… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
The sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is the result of what police call "noble cause corruption," the belief that because… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
So they grew, and they grew, to the church steeple tops And they couldn't grow up any higher; So they twin'd themselves… — 1st Viscount Lovell Francis Lovell Copy Share Image
The devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It might be said that religious freedom in the American sense, incorporating the separation of church and state, has been the pivotal… — Joseph Leon Blau Copy Share Image
I am a person of faith, so I come from a community that's involved in 360,000 churches across the country, that is… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
For example, I was a White House intern the summer before I dropped out of law school. Everybody knew about it. I'd… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
A lot of street dudes, you know their grandma go to church every Sunday. A lot of people in the pen, a… — Roddy Ricch Copy Share Image
Looking back to the earlier centuries of the church, most of the great teachers were also bishops and vice versa. It's only… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
It should be recognized that this Church is not a social club. This is the kingdom of God on the earth. It… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I hate this world, this dream, this horrible nightmare, with its churches and chicaneries, its books and blackguardisms, its fair faces and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Church is a virgin, the bride of one Spouse, Who is Christ, and this Church does not allow herself to be… — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
Let us put ourselves into His hands, and not be startled though He leads us by a strange way, a mirabilis via,… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
One of the greatest errors in the church today is the artificial distinction we have created between accepting Christ as Savior and… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
If the first mark of a true and living church is love, the second is suffering. The one is naturally consequent on… — John Stott Copy Share Image
The Church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the State, having its officers and laws, and, therefore, an administrative government of… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
