The transcendent gift of the Holy Ghost, along with membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is bestowed by… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“Man's principle trait is a readiness to believe anything. Otherwise, how could the Church have survived for almost two thousand years in… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I am a former newspaper reporter turned church secretary turned vampire novelist. I wrote my first complete novel, 'Nice Girls Don't Have… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“I made the fearful decision to head to Sydney, Australia, to study the Bible. My calling, my wife, Laura, my church, my… — Carl Lentz Copy Share Image
Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was… — Billy Ray Cyrus Copy Share Image
The church has gotten it wrong a few times on science, and I think that we probably are better off leaving science… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
I'm saying that the leaders of the church have locked the sacred cow called science in the stable and they won't let… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Christian Science is often inherited, and like many inheritances, it comes with family secrets. The religion encourages secrecy. Members of the Church… — Caroline Fraser Copy Share Image
“Today, a lot of people, businesses, countries and even churches have their dreams sleeping in the belly of the shark where they… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I am Catholic but I want to say something to the Catholics. Thank you for some of the bishops who live in… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
Beyond fashion and its demands, there are higher and more pressing laws, principles superior to fashion, and unchangeable, which under no circumstances… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
Mission [is] understood as being derived from the very nature of God. It [is] thus put in the context of the Trinity,… — David Bosch Copy Share Image
"Did God have a mother?" Children, when told that God made the heavens and the earth, innocently ask whether God had a… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“If Christianity was only about finding a group of people to live life with who shared openly their search for God and… — Hugh Halter & Matt Smay Copy Share Image
“Reproof is unavoidable. God’s Word demands it when a brother falls into open sin. The practice of discipline in the congregation begins… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I have no respect for the right-to-life position. But when you legislate personal belief, you're in violation of freedom of religion. The… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of… — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
As the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, the Queen feels she cannot be seen to smile in church - and… — Ingrid Seward Copy Share Image
I have a much wider, freer view about spirituality. I feel that people need to pursue it on their own, personally. You… — Peter Jurasik Copy Share Image
“Where did you meet?” he pressed on. I shrugged and considered a little rephrasing. “I was out for a run.” “From who?”… — Dannika Dark Copy Share Image
It is an absolutely unique success of the church community to have introduced such an epoch-making change, in just a few years,… — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
If no other consideration had convinced me of the value of the Christian life, the Christ like work which the Church of… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
The most remarkable thing about Hollywood is that it does not exist. ... Hollywood, in a word, has no center, never had… — Vicki Baum Copy Share Image
Since babyhood, I've always evolved from one thing to another. My mother gave me ballet lessons at 6 as part of her… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
But we are learning from the teaching and example of Jesus that life itself is a religion, that nothing is more sacred… — Anna Howard Shaw Copy Share Image
“I am accountable. I am correctable. I am transformable. Presenting myself a living sacrifice to God. By the love of God. By… — Carlton T. Brown Copy Share Image
As a Christian, part of my obligation is to alleviate suffering. Explicit recognition of that in the Methodist tradition is one reason… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
[Our] plan is to follow the example of the prophets and the ancient fathers of the church, and to compose psalms...so that… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The silence of those in positions of influence in the church who know, or have a strong suspicion, that being gay is… — James Alison Copy Share Image
If you want to put on a suit and come to church, fine. But it's a problem when you make people feel… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
You cannot pray at home, like you can at church, where there is a great multitude; where exclamations are cried out to… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
I have given up the idea that there is an opposition-free church out there. But I have gained something else - an… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
In a church, I am a saint. In a public place, I am a lady. In my own home, I am a… — Lupe Velez Copy Share Image
Even in earliest youth my fondest desire was to understand Nature, and thus to come closer to the truth; a truth that… — Viktor Schauberger Copy Share Image
The primary contribution that the Church offers to the development of mankind and peoples does not consist merely in material means or… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I think for us - and for a lot of people in the Church of Satan - we definitely like ruffling people's… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
What we get, we members of the Church, compared with the total mass that is distributed, is almost microscopic, but the spirit… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
The contemporary quarrel over church and state is not really about whether a wall of separation of church and state should exist… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
Cyprian was not issuing a new decree but was keeping to the most solid belief of the Church in order to correct… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I'm not a big fan of religion for that reason. But I am a true believer in God, and I have great… — Shaun Cassidy Copy Share Image
![“Mission [is] understood as being derived from the very nature of God. It [is] thus put in the context of the Trinity, not of ecclesiology or soteriology. The classical doctrine of the missio dei as God the Father sending the Son, and God the Father and the Son sending the Spirit [is] expanded to…” quote by David Bosch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/david-bosch-49039_church_mission-is-understood-as-being-derived-f_2616990.jpg)
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