I'm honestly not sure that I've ever tried to talk as a theologian about "homosexual acts," per se. My disagreement with the… — James Alison Copy Share Image
I know a parson who frightened his congregation terribly by telling them the second coming was very imminent indeed, but they were… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“A congregation that does not pray for the ministry of its pastor,” Bonhoeffer warns, “is no longer a congregation.”11 He then adds, “A… — Stephen J. Nichols Copy Share Image
Of all the doctors I have known, psychoanalysts, a congregation of lay priests with bible, rites, and the faithful, constitute the most… — Antonio Lobo Antunes Copy Share Image
A good church is a Bible-centered church. Nothing is as important as this--not a large congregation, a witty pastor, or tangible experiences… — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
When I was growing up there, North Gulfport was referred to as 'Little Vietnam' because of the perception of crime and depravity… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
I don't have any complaints about homosexuals being married in a civil ceremony. But I don't think that the government ought to… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
There was a time when ministers spoke forthrightly and named things. We don't name anything anymore. Finney had a sermon on How… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
If God really became incarnate, and if His Incarnation can with justice compel man to change his life,then we have no alternative… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
Preachers are stewards whom the Lord has ‘set over his household servants to provide them with food at the proper time.’ After… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
The trouble with being a secular humanist is that we don't have a congregation. We don't meet so it's a very flimsy… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
If my life is any example, the work that youth workers are doing is very, very important. It tends to get marginalized… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
When you put biblical truth to the songs used in churches, you'll have the congregation leave singing the sermon. You'll have God's… — Laura Story Copy Share Image
How can this strange story of God made flesh, of a crucified Savior, of resurrection and new creation become credible for those… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
We look for evidence of the divine and we find it in nature, in art, in literature, in music in film, so,… — John Middendorf Copy Share Image
The church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“[...] like any human practices, those of religions are not exempt from ethical questioning. Rituals and rites in groups change behavior, sometimes… — Simon Blackburn Copy Share Image
Absolutely, although every congregation will say, you know, every worship leader will say it's vital. It's very important, but again these are,… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
It might work in the short term, but it's not going to keep the people who hop from congregation to congregation. Church… — J. Gordon Melton Copy Share Image
I see this in the way that sermons are preached. How would you give a Black Nationalist speech or campaign for the… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
I've traveled all over the country for years speaking in churches, teaching the Ten Commandments. It's amazing if 2 percent of any… — Randall Terry Copy Share Image
To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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
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
So we didn't get the denominations and the separate congregations really till about into Civil War time. What's happened then, of course,… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
People with mental problems are our neighbors. They are members of our congregations, members of our families; they are everywhere in this… — Rosalynn Carter Copy Share Image
I love New York. It's made me realize that God's a lot bigger than I thought he was. It's a really interesting… — Jay Bakker Copy Share Image
I have a hundred-year-old aunt who aspires to sainthood, and whose only wish has been to go into the convent, but no… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president,… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
On summer evenings, when every flower, and tree, and bird, might have better addressed my soft young heart, I have in my… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I remember what J. Golden Kimball said when he came down to the stake where I was presiding. I introduced him as… — Hugh B. Brown Copy Share Image
That's a big fear, right, and when I talk with black pastors, the same thing: If we try to have this move… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
What do you mean by praying that God will have mercy upon all men, and save them with an everlasting salvation, and… — William Gadsby Copy Share Image
The Christian's life in all its aspects-intellectual and ethical, devotional and relational, upsurging in worship and outgoing in witness-is supernatural; only the… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the… — John Donne Copy Share Image
When we see the many grave-stones which have fallen in, which have been defaced by the footsteps of the congregation, which lie… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
In Freethinkers Hall, which before the Nazi resurgence was the national headquarters of the German Freethinkers League, the Berlin Protestant church authorities… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
One thing I have learned in institutions is not to press hard on the fact that their inmates are, like the rest… — Mary B. Harris Copy Share Image
It can be difficult to be an introvert in church, especially if you happen to be the pastor. Liking to be alone… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
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