The highest meaning and the most ultimate purpose of marriage is to put the covenant relationship of Christ and his church on… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
“I guess the lesson to be learned from the [Catholic] church is that while homosexuality is a sin against GOD, molestation and… — David Cross Copy Share Image
I think praying is very important. I'm not going to say that I'm very religious and I don't go to church as… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
The Church is the home that accepts everyone and refuses no one ... the greater the sin, the greater the love that… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I grew up a Catholic and I don't want to talk badly about the Catholic Church but there's a lot of routine… — Bernhard Langer Copy Share Image
The haggard aspect of the little old man was wonderfully suited to the place; he might have groped among old churches and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
God nowhere asks anyone to have a large church. He only calls us to do his work, proclaiming his Word to people… — Jim Cymbala Copy Share Image
I certainly think so, and I argue so, and I give talks on that. Are there risks by putting people together? Absolutely.… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Nothing on earth has greater potential to change lives and carry out His kingdom work in your community, than your local church.There's… — Bill Hybels Copy Share Image
Surveys show that more than 50 percent of people in the U.S. have prayed the sinner's prayer and think they're going to… — J. D. Greear Copy Share Image
Since Christ is the only way to the Father, in order to highlight His living and saving presence in the Church and… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims that Jesus Christ is the Son of God in the most literal sense.… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The Catholic religion at the time was much darker and more mysterious. The entire mass was in Latin. The church was -… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
The Devil has seldom done a cleverer thing that hinting to the Church that part of their mission is to provide entertainment… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I do not like a high-organized church. I think that as soon as the congregation reaches a level of one hundred or… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
When Christians forget about hope and tenderness they become a cold Church, that loses its sense of direction and is held back… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Many seducers clutter the simple message of the gospel with legalistic additions, with convoluted attempts to legitimize moral compromise, and with psychological… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
I started writing 'Southern Baptist Sissies' right after I had written the screenplay for 'Sordid Lives', so that's when I started on… — Del Shores Copy Share Image
People don't always behave the same way on different programmes. If you go to church you don't behave the same way you… — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
To think there are men who dare so defile a church, a sacred sanctuary dedicated to God. We have to hold up… — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
I believe that a great number of people are going to die and go to hell because they’re counting on their religiosity… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
The church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
There were theoretical elements in the subjection of women and it is not possible to avoid the conclusion that a large contribution… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a very simple woman. She didn't want a whole lot. My grandmother wanted to go to church and Sunday… — Shannon Sharpe Copy Share Image
The rhetoric of anti-Catholicism, whether its sources are Protestant or secular, has always insisted that the church of Rome is the enemy… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
In China, where you can be arrested and imprisoned for your faith, getting together with other Christians is a lifeline and you'll… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up in one of those restrictive Christian households where you couldn't do this or that. We were brought up… — Yolanda Adams Copy Share Image
We leaned on family, church, school, friends and sports. That's basically all we had. All those things really shaped my life and… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
Well, to take me from where I was, and the life I was leading, to the life I lead now with the… — Pat Summerall Copy Share Image
We know the Church wasn't born 200 years ago. It's encouraging to see some of the post-denominational churches actually wanting to reconnect… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The things I learned early on from my granddad, the things he instilled in me, are still to this day a huge… — Jason Witten Copy Share Image
I think Pope Francis is a guy who comes from a certain place in the world, and that shapes how he processes… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish religion, before his principles were departed from… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Shepperton Church was a very different looking building five-and-twenty years ago. To be sure, its substantial stone tower looks at you through… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The church must acclimate to a changing world, or she will destine herself to irrelevance or even extinction. ...One of those dramatic… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
I have never united myself to any church because I found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Holy Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff have primacy in the entire world. The Roman Pontiff is the Successor of Blessed… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
Profound questions regarding the purpose of life have led many individuals and families throughout the world to search for truth. Often that… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
10 days before the death of St. John Paul II, in that Via Crucis of Holy Friday, Joseph Ratzinger said to the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image