Millions of Christians can and do go through life attending church, listening to sermons, reciting the creeds and never confront the seeming… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
According to the Church, one of the key attributes of sainthood is death. You have to die first. So, I'll agree already… — Lino Rulli Copy Share Image
A Church Growth principle is a universal truth which, when properly interpreted and applied, contributes significantly to the growth of churches and… — Donald McGavran Copy Share Image
Be sure to lay wide streets planted with shady trees, every other of a quick-growing variety. Be sure that there is plenty… — Jamsetji Tata Copy Share Image
The question is not, do we go to church; the question is, have we been converted. The crux of Christianity is not… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
Working-class families in the north of England used to hear the 1611 Bible regularly at church and at home ... for us,… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
If you will accept every call that comes to you within the Church, you will grow in a remarkable and marvelous and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The Church's foundation is unshakable and firm against the assaults of the raging sea. Waves lash at the Church but do not… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. The whole human family is bathed with an element of love… — Ralph Waldo Emerson 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
My objection to the church isn't that the preachers are cruel, hypocritical, actually wicked, though some of them are that, too -… — Sinclair Lewis 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
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
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
Kennedy believed in religious liberty and the separation of church and state. He did not believe in the right of elected officials… — Jack Schlossberg Copy Share Image
My elementary education was at Christ Church infant school and St. Stephen's junior school. At St. Stephen's, I encountered my first real… — Richard J. Roberts Copy Share Image
I watched my parents in their leadership callings in the Church and the community. We just grew up knowing that we should… — Margaret D. Nadauld Copy Share Image
You mark my words, and it won’t be long ... when persecution begins in this country [USA], and it strips everything from… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
Men will surrender to the spirit of the age. They will say that if they had lived in our day, faith would… — Anthony of Padua Copy Share Image
When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[Non-Catholic Christians are] in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the [Roman Catholic] church, have the fullness of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
My three years at Canterbury Christ Church University was the only time in my life I had my own room - first… — Rob Beckett Copy Share Image
The Church's teaching on ownership diverges radically from collectivism as proclaimed by Marxism and "rigid" capitalism. The primacy of the person over… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I had parties in church halls. My mama knew people that had venues and all that, and I knew a lot of… — YG Copy Share Image
We grow up as natural optimists as Americans. Catholic priests were so hopeful as we watched the Vatican II experience. Yet, it's… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
I bet any Sunday could be made as popular at church as Easter is if you made 'em fashion shows too. The… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
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We feel great compassion for parents whose love and protective instincts for their challenged children have moved them to some positions that… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
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When I did the Abyssinian mass, I went through the whole history of the church music and the gospel music, even with… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
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He [Peter after the resurrection] now understood that he and the church were to exercise a transcendent power that did not depend… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
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![“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)
![“You mark my words, and it won’t be long ... when persecution begins in this country [USA], and it strips everything from you, and most of the evangelical church goes totally apostate, and little groups are left to be berated, THEN you will see that Christ is enough.” quote by Paul Washer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/paul-washer-1468_christ_you-mark-my-words-and-it-won-t-be-long-w_678924.png)
![“[Non-Catholic Christians are] in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the [Roman Catholic] church, have the fullness of the means of salvation.” quote by Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/pope-benedict-xvi-414_catholic_non-catholic-christians-are-in-a-gravely_847737.jpg)
![“He [Peter after the resurrection] now understood that he and the church were to exercise a transcendent power that did not depend upon having a kingdom or government in any human sense, for it was literally a "God government" in which they were participants (Acts 1:6-8).” quote by Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/dallas-willard-819_church_he-peter-after-the-resurrection-now-unde_716577.png)
