It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
It is better to have a Church that is wounded but out in the streets than a Church that is sick because… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If I don't let God deal with my bentness, I will go the way of my bentness. But Jesus can straighten me… — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image
I grew up in a sanctified church. I had to wear skirts below the knee. I couldn't wear pants, open-toe or heeled… — Da Brat Copy Share Image
Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself. — Richard Morris Copy Share Image
The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Irish people are still very prickly about Catholic Church. Despite all the scandals and cover-ups that have rocked the church, you can… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
“Fewer than half of churchgoers, including born-again Christians, felt strongly that their church demonstrates unconditional love.” — David Kinnaman Copy Share Image
“Perhaps one of the most powerful things the contemporary church could do is to confess our sins to the world, the humbly… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I am atheist in a very religious mould. I'm always asking myself the big questions. Where did we come from? Is there… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
'We really shouldn't look like a church.' I've heard that so much I want to vomit. 'Why?' I ask. 'Do you want… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
I was shocked to my marrow the very first time I heard the Church is saying a man can marry a man.… — Peter Akinola Copy Share Image
The audience that I try to reach are members of what I call the church alumni association. Now they are people who… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The First Amendment has created a wall of separation between the church and the State. But that wall is one directional. It… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
They all attended Hester's church, which Dellarobia viewed as a complicated pyramid scheme of moral debt and credit resting ultimately on the… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
When Christians are caught in sin, they do not need isolation or amputation; they need restoration. The proper thing to do is… — Philip Graham Ryken Copy Share Image
I condemn Christianity; I bring against the Christian Church the most terrible of all accusations that an accuser has ever had in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Whereas disinfecting Christians involves isolating them and teaching them to be good, discipling Christians involves propelling Christians into the world to risk… — David Platt Copy Share Image
When I talk about people wrapping themselves in the flag and hiding behind Jesus - that's an anti-intellectual thing to do in… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
What he says, even on his knees, about his own sinfulness is all parrot talk. At bottom, he still believes he has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Shall I give you yet another reason why you should pray? I have preached my very heart out. I could not say… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Religion and science have nothing to do with each other, they're about different things, science is about the way the world works… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
You will find that the Bible, if you want it to, will justify many things. St. Paul had a very male chauvinistic… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Liturgy gathers the holy community as it reads the Holy Scriptures into the sweeping tidal rhythms of the church year in which… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Faith cannot be inherited or gained by being baptized into a Church. Faith is a matter between the individual and God. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Certainly, no church should be involved in trying to set the affairs of the nation. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
For me, I listened to a lot of female jazz artists. And of course, the Motown and Philly sounds, all that stuff… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
I definitely believe in a God and in a higher power, and I definitely take from many different religious cultures. I go… — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
“If you life is an example of glorifying God, others won't see your good works and glorify YOU, because they'll know what… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
I did not grow up in the church. I'm not a church-goer now. I'm a very spiritual person. — Malcolm D. Lee Copy Share Image
When the church finds its members falling into gross and scandalous sins, then it is time for the church to awake and… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the… — Sting Copy Share Image
We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The Church should be a place of forgiveness and grace and all too often it turns into a place of judgement and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom… — Jai Rodriguez Copy Share Image
If you can explain what is happening in a church, apart from the sovereign act of God, it is not revival. — Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
“Like a mighty army moves the Church of God.” But this is no way for a gentle-man.” — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily go to church every week, but I am a Christian, and I believe in God and Jesus Christ. — Andrew Forrest Copy Share Image
All liaisons between homosexuals are conducted as though they were between a chorus girl and a bishop. In some cases both parties… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image