I know whom we must fight...it is the Church. For all its history, it's tried to suppress and control every natural impulse.That… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I'm worried that a few people are confusing the ringing of a church bell with the ringing of a cash register, ..… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malpractice and the childlike approach of… — Derek Jarman Copy Share Image
Above all, I declare that Jesus Christ is the center of our faith; I testify to you that he lives. He leads… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
A church that doesn't provoke any crises, a gospel that doesn't unsettle, a word of God that doesn't get under anyone’s skin,… — Oscar Romero Copy Share Image
Our Holy Father... is very clear that, of course, the teachings of the Church must be preserved and passed on. However, we… — Joseph Edward Kurtz Copy Share Image
Christ did not found an abstract religion, a mere school of religious thought. He setup a community of apostles, of teachers, with… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
“Pesa itolewe kwa masharti au bila masharti chukua, kwani huyo aliyeitoa si yake. Benki, kwa mfano, ikitaka kukupa mkopo itakuwa na masharti… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
Some men at the approach of a dispute neigh like horses. Unless there be an argument, they think nothing is doing. Some… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The North American Church is at a critical juncture. The gospel of grace is being confused and compromised by silence, seduction, and… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Speaking the Lord’s name with reverence must simply be part of our lives as members of the Church... we do not use… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
As Latter-day Saints we must ever be vigilant. The way for each person and each family to guard against the slings and… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
Many of those whose task it is to broker the truth of God to the people of God in the churches have… — David F. Wells Copy Share Image
Jesus is challenging that when addressing "who is your neighbor" and he has a lot of hard things to say about family,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The biblical framework limits the authority of each institution to its specific jurisdiction. The church does not have the right to meddle… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
Someone asked me, 'Do you pray for the dead?' I said, 'No, I preach to them! I think every pew in every… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and in-grafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Though people are more important than money, I'm not convinced these large sums of money paid out to victims is the best.… — Uwem Akpan Copy Share Image
I hope you will be benefitted by your churchgoing. Where the habit does not Christianize, it generally civilizes. That is reason enough… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Just as Cardinal Bernardin proposed that an of ethic of life be consistently applied to unite all the life issues, we need… — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
I was raised in a very religious household - it wasn't dogma, but we were raised Christian; we went to church every… — Adrienne C. Moore Copy Share Image
I'm a Christian. I go to church when I can. I was raised Baptist. I went to a Lutheran school. I'm a… — Brittany Murphy Copy Share Image
Adulterers, in the first stages of the church, were excommunicated forever, and unqualified all their lives for bearing a part in Christian… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
I been saying it for years: church is full of sneaky men posing as honest souls, and they are perpetuators our here… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
If a young dog strays up the aisle during church no one says anything, no one does anything, but, none the less,… — Ethel Smyth Copy Share Image
God's desire is not for us to turn our churches and Christian gatherings into hideouts from the world. Rather, they're meant to… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
It's kind of like some kind of church for me, playing live. Each show, good people from different pockets of the world… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share Image
The primary metaphor for the Easter season is the church as the resurrected people living a resurrected spirituality. Because of Easter we… — Robert E. Webber Copy Share Image
If you were against slavery in 1840 and a white person, you would have been against the law, the Bible, your church,… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Me and my girlfriend don't have any family in Ipswich, so we were thinking of what we could do to fill our… — Tyrone Mings Copy Share Image
The disciples worshipped the most high Lord Who had come down from heaven, made the earth into heaven and gone up again… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Those who closely watched the campaign should not be surprised by Obama's hostility toward Israel, given his relations with pro-Palestinian, virulent critics… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The future and the hope for the middle class church lies in the renewal of its lifeblood, which is only possible if… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I've read stories of slave owners who were very generous. They didn't keep them in shackles, they didn't whip the slaves, they… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
I see no faults in the Church, and therefore let me be resurrected with the Saints, whether I ascend to heaven or… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him? The Catechism of the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The root of the whole evil lay, particularly in Schonerer's opinion, in the fact that the directing body of the Catholic Church… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
