In Britain, when someone says they do not believe in God, they stop going to church. In the U.S., many who may… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Once the Roman Catholic Church in the West became the church most closely connected with the state, the Roman Catholic Church did… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
I was immersed in comfortable Christianity. Years ago, I found myself living what seemed like the American church dream - pastoring a… — David Platt Copy Share Image
The seven deadly sins of the Christian Church are: greed, pride, envy, anger, gluttony, lust, and sloth. Satanism advocates indulging in each… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
I was born in Bala, North Wales, and was sent to a private tutor. I seem to remember walking to the tutor… — Christopher Timothy Copy Share Image
If the test of truth lay in a show of hands or a counting of heads, the system of magic might appeal,… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
I ask the educational system, the parents, the church, and pillars of the community to help shape a new culture of honesty,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If someone is truly converted, they will publicly confess Christ in word and deed. That does not mean presenting them in front… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
Nothing would turn the nation back to God so surely and so quickly as a Church that prayed and prevailed. The world… — Samuel Chadwick Copy Share Image
Worship in truth is worship that arises out of an actual encounter with God, a response to the experience of knowing God's… — Graham Kendrick Copy Share Image
The lessons of religious toleration - a toleration which recognizes complete liberty of human thought, liberty of conscience - is one which,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I'm fortunate in that I've grown up in a worshipping tradition which is quite rich musically (and music is very important to… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
In the ancient world individuals have sold themselves as slaves, in order to eat. So in society. Here is a witch-doctor who… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The world can no longer be left to mere diplomats, politicians, and business leaders. They have done the best they could, no… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Hence it's funny to read in the New York Times that liberal Catholic activists are pushing for a change in Church teaching… — John Zmirak Copy Share Image
“The task of liturgy is to order the life of the holy community following the text of Holy Scripture. It consists of… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
I grew up in the church not being able to listen to anything but gospel. So, while [other] people grew up with… — Rahki Copy Share Image
Most Evangelicals have the church to thank for the Sunday-school classes that taught us what the Bible says and paved the way… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
The equality that we are all entitled to, as citizens of this democracy, can't be avoided by some religious dogma of a… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I went to Bethlehem in Christmas 2015 to do a television show for German TV and we filmed in the Church of… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
False self is an identity based on what you have, what you do, and what others think about you. In stark contrast… — Basil Pennington Copy Share Image
The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I know one gay ex-Mormon who is a talented, self-destructive alcoholic. Whenever he is drunk and going on a tear, we are… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
We must love men more than things, and I admire and weep more for the soldiers than for the churches which were… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing. To be alive in America is to hear… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In all God's plans for human redemption, He proposes that men pray. The men are to pray in every place, in the… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
I poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon the wine curled… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
When I'm sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not… — Alan Green Copy Share Image
As fanatical as it may sound to fundamental evangelical Christians, the Church is destined to subdue all things and put all things… — Bill Hamon Copy Share Image
I think it is wrong for the federal government to force Christian individuals, businesses, pastors, churches to participate in wedding ceremonies that… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
There is a tradition that the church represents, without which we wouldn't have the church, that's all about diving deep beneath the… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church had strict racial attitudes and intolerance for anybody who was not Catholic. When I look at a lot of… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Hollywood is run by people who sit up in their executive office, who are not connected to Mississippi, Alabama, Chicago, South Carolina.… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
The early morning belongs to the Church of the risen Christ. At the break of light it remembers the morning on which… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I am surprised you shd. say fancy and aesthetic tastes have led me to my present state of mind: these wd. be… — Gerard Manley Hopkins Copy Share Image
During the ten years I lived in the U.K., I frequently attended an Anglican church just outside of London. I enjoyed the… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
As soon as the Gospels were written, speech without experience began to dabble with the new facts proposed by the existence of… — Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Copy Share Image
![“If the test of truth lay in a show of hands or a counting of heads, the system of magic might appeal, with far more reason than the Catholic Church, to the proud motto, 'Quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus' [always, everywhere, and by all], as the sure and certain credential of its own…” quote by James G. Frazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2f/james-g-frazer-17815_appeals_if-the-test-of-truth-lay-in-a-show-of-ha_2522969.jpg)
![“I grew up in the church not being able to listen to anything but gospel. So, while [other] people grew up with their parents listening to Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin, I never knew they existed until I was able to listen to what I wanted to.” quote by Rahki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/rahki-22456_able_i-grew-up-in-the-church-not-being-able-t_2308075.jpg)
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