--- title: "1 God Language Quotes By Forrest Church" description: "1 God Language quotes by Forrest Church. Plus more from Forrest Church and more God Language sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/forrest-church-30545_life-itself_god-language-can-tie-people-into-knots-o_1638647.jpg" --- > [“God language can tie people into knots, of course. In part, that is because ‘God’ is not God's name. Referring to the highest power we can imagine, ‘God’ is our name for that which is greater than all and yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/god-language-can-tie-people-into-knots-of-course-in-part-that-is/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/forrest-church-30545_life-itself_god-language-can-tie-people-into-knots-o_1638647.jpg) ## More by Forrest Church > [Members in the Commonwealth of God are not bound together by the specifics of their religion, for the nature of our interdependency does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/members-in-the-commonwealth-of-god-are-not-bound-together-by-the/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [“Where's your church?" "We're standing in it." "But this is a bookstore and it's a Friday." "Yes, but you might also choose to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/where-s-your-church-we-re-standing-in-it-but-this-is-a-bookstore-and/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [Death is not a curse to be outwitted no matter the cost. Death is the natural pivot on which life turns, without which life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/death-is-not-a-curse-to-be-outwitted-no-matter-the-cost-death-is-the/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [“None of us is fully able to perceive the truth that shines through another person’s window, nor the falsehood that we may perceive as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/none-of-us-is-fully-able-to-perceive-the-truth-that-shines-through/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [The goal is to live in such a way that our lives will prove worth dying for... The one thing that can't be taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/the-goal-is-to-live-in-such-a-way-that-our-lives-will-prove-worth/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [God seeks us as eagerly as we seek God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/god-seeks-us-as-eagerly-as-we-seek-god/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [“God language can tie people into knots, of course. In part, that is because ‘God’ is not God's name. Referring to the highest power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/god-language-can-tie-people-into-knots-of-course-in-part-that-is/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [Remember, Angels are both God's messengers and God's message, witness to eternity in time, to the presence of the divine amidst the ordinary. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/remember-angels-are-both-god-s-messengers-and-god-s-message-witness-2/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [“Whenever we give our hearts in love, the burden of our vulnerability grows. We risk being rebuffed or embarrassed or inadequate. Beyond these things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/whenever-we-give-our-hearts-in-love-the-burden-of-our-vulnerability/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [America's egalitarian mandate reflects the liberality of the creator, and thus countermands, by divine witness, all feudal and aristocratic structures. It also parallels the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/america-s-egalitarian-mandate-reflects-the-liberality-of-the-creator/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [The world does not owe us a living, we owe the world a living, our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/the-world-does-not-owe-us-a-living-we-owe-the-world-a-living-our-own/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [We Unitarian Universalists have inherited a magnificent theological legacy. In a sweeping answer to creeds that divide the human family, Unitarianism proclaims that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/we-unitarian-universalists-have-inherited-a-magnificent-theological/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [Most of us would agree that the important thing about Jesus is not his supposed miraculous birth or the claim that he was resurrected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/most-of-us-would-agree-that-the-important-thing-about-jesus-is-not/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [“So it's pretty simple for me: Love when you can. Do the work that is yours to do. Be the person that is yours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/so-it-s-pretty-simple-for-me-love-when-you-can-do-the-work-that-is/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) > [“I say to my congregants, "If you believe in God, the best thing you can do for yourself is to suspend your belief for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forrest-church/i-say-to-my-congregants-if-you-believe-in-god-the-best-thing-you-can/) [Forrest Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forrest-church/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-language/forrest-church/#itemlist", "name": "1 God Language Quotes By Forrest Church", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God language can tie people into knots, of course. In part, that is because ‘God’ is not God's name. 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