Church Quotes · Page 73

I think that the church has to develop its own agenda, and not allow itself to be consumed by either party to…

— T. D. Jakes

The kind of churches we played in, it wasn't about how good you could play your instrument, it was about how much…

— Anonymous

God's true church has always been a place where people hunger for the truth from the Bible.

— John MacArthur

Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.

— Lynn Johnston

These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by Christian reason and morals.

— Pope Pius XII

In the church we have to deliberately let ourselves be transparent and accountable to others. We're a family.

— Timothy Keller

To be a leader in the Church has always required strength and faith beyond the merely human.

— J. Oswald Sanders

God requires to be represented by a fiery Church... two things are intolerable to Him-insincerity and lukewarmness.

— Edward McKendree Bounds

Whether I'm running on the beach without my shirt or whether I'm going out with my kids or going to church or…

— Matthew McConaughey

Christians today are forced to support, with their tax money, the establishment of another religious faith that stands opposed to everything they…

— Benjamin Hart

I have privately met with victims of the former Unification Church, and directly heard about their horrifying experiences. As a politician, I…

— Fumio Kishida

“The Church has done many difficult things, and from these achievements one would not wish to detract. But all the easy things…

— Neal A. Maxwell

We lived in the schoolhouse of the village school in Church Preen, in deepest Shropshire, and my mum was the schoolmistress. She…

— Mary Beard

The church at the time was much more faithful to reason than Galileo himself, and also took into consideration the ethical and…

— Paul Feyerabend

History and the task of the future no longer signify the struggle of class against class or the conflict between one church…

— Alfred Rosenberg

I would like to reconcile the church and the circus. I wanted to transform the theatre... to get my message across that…

— Oleg Kulik

For years we have been counseled to have on hand a year's supply of food. Yet there are some today who will…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Reverend Ted Haggard's followers still think he's not gay. I'm not kidding. In their world, there are no gay people. There are…

— Bill Maher

We are a people of many races, many faiths, creeds, and religions. I do not think that the men who made the…

— John Dewey

Jesus explains that the church is like a hospital. But this hospital doesn't want to let any sick people in. I feel…

— Jay Bakker

The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. In a church all the…

— Watchman Nee

The Reformed Church was identified with the old all-white government of South Africa and its apartheid policy. The Roman Catholic Church was…

— Edd Doerr

“Adam is fading out. It is on account of Darwin and that crowd. I can see that he is not going to…

— Mark Twain

The way that Russian Orthodox services work generally, and certainly the way that this worked, is that it goes on for hours…

— Andrew Solomon

If there is anyone who's living the work of the New Testament, it's the nuns of the Catholic church and not the…

— Anna Quindlen

Not for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for himself.

— Charles Spurgeon

If you claim to be a follower of Christ, I encourage you to consider your present commitment to a local church.

— David Platt

For clothes, I like Dover Street Market and Acne. For vintage, I go to Mint just off Seven Dials. For shoes, it's…

— Matt Smith

“If that church is not adding value to your life, you may want to reconsider how often you go to church.”

— Sunday Adelaja

We need revelation for the calling of officers in the Church. Men should not be called merely through impression.

— J. Golden Kimball

The church must be reminded that it is not the master, or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The Church is not an association that wishes to promote a certain cause. It is not about a cause. It is about…

— Pope Benedict XVI

We are not saved by nations or by churches or by families, but as individuals, through a personal interest in a personal…

— John Angell James

The Christian marginality of women has its roots in the patriarchal beginnings of the church and in the androcentrism of Christian revelation.

— Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza

I became a Christian when I was 19, and it wasn't like I was raised with the church.

— Sonny Sandoval

The Church's mission is not political in nature. Her task is to open the world to the religious sense by proclaiming Christ.

— Pope Benedict XVI

I rejected the church for a time because I found so little grace there. I returned because I found grace nowhere else.

— Philip Yancey

I always loved music. I liked to go to church because I liked to sing the hymns.

— Billy Squier

It's not easy to follow Jesus' example, and if you go to church it doesn't mean you're automatically doing it.

— David O. Russell

My grandmother has passed away, but she was sanctified. I would not want anyone in the church to judge her because of…

— Da Brat