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
One of the most violent attacks on the Church in the Soviet Union was under Kruschev when, during a period of economic… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
The two great moments in human history are the day that Christ was born and the day He was raised from the… — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
For me, and maybe for many religious kids of the '60s, the church lost relevance the more it became a surrogate in… — Mike McCurry Copy Share Image
A bifurcation of loyalties that requires religious to put canon law above civil law and moral law puts us in a situation… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
Really, when you get down to racism, in or out of the church, it's a heart issue. It's not a head issue.… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
Yes, He is ris'n who is the First and Last; Who was and is; who liveth and was dead; Beyond the reach… — Horatius Bonar Copy Share Image
What does it mean to be a Saint? In the Lord's Church, the members are Latter-day Saints, and they attempt to emulate… — Quentin L. Cook Copy Share Image
The church latched on to that old doctrine of original sin like a dog to a stick, and before you knew it,… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
The real important function of the church is to present the symbol, to perform the rite, to let you behold this divine… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“The testimony of the apostles is some of the most compelling evidence for the truth of the Resurrection. That a band of… — James Allen Moseley Copy Share Image
Statistically speaking, giving in the church today is embarrassing at best. So, there needs to be a message, a movement that addresses… — Bob Coy Copy Share Image
“When pursued it becomes clear that this separation between one's self and the Church usually stems from deep unresolved pain or dissatisfaction… — Janet O. Hagberg Copy Share Image
I don't go to church all that regularly, and one reason I don't is very often when I go I am bored… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Why did the consensus of Christian churches not only accept these astonishing views but establish them as the only true form of… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
Discovery is adventure. There is an eagerness, touched at times with tenseness, as man moves ahead into the unknown. Walking the wilderness… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
It is the custom of the Roman Church which I unworthily serve with the help of God, to tolerate some things, to… — Pope Gregory VII 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
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
During the first seven years, every society tries to condition the mind - and conditioning means nothing but hypnosis: forcing authority, law,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
National Socialism would have every German decide for himself on spiritual questions, just as in the days of Frederick the Great. The… — Rudolf Hess Copy Share Image
We have taken that truth, that if you truly believe and you confess Christ even if it costs you your life ...… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And government certainly… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
The Church has no double standard of morality. The moral code of heaven for both men and women is complete chastity before… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
The modern [endtimes] notion has greatly damped the zeal of the church for missions, and the sooner it is shown to be… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I come from a culture that embodies the need to convert others to "the truth." The Mormon Church has one of the… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
It appears likely that there was no normative pattern of church government in the apostolic age, and that the organizational structure of… — George Eldon Ladd Copy Share Image
The church as we know it today seems a million miles from the New Testament church. That may be a great generalization,… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
Women are made to be led, and counseled, and directed…And if I am not a good man, I have no just right… — Heber C. Kimball Copy Share Image
Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
What I think we can do is help individuals understand the church teaching, but also maybe help the church understand the viewpoint… — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
When one is required to preside over the Church, and be entrusted with the care of so many souls, the whole female… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If there ever comes a day when the Saints interfere with the rights of others to live as they see fit, you… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
But I do like churches. The way it feels inside. It feels good when you just sit there, like you're in a… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
Some of us attend the church on the corner, professing to worship the living God above all. Others, who rarely darken the… — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
But what we found in the study is that churches are ten times less diverse than the neighborhoods they sit in. So… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
It is really impressive and makes us proud that in a lot of places in Indonesia, a church is close to a… — Suharto Copy Share Image
If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95 percent of what we do would go on and no one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, it made perfect sense that I originally wanted to be an actor because every Sunday, we walked into church and we… — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image