My dad was a Seventh-Day Adventist pastor, and from an early age I was put off by being force-fed a belief system. — Dave McCary Copy Share Image
“(I say to my leadership, if you give me credit for the increase, you will give me blame for the decrease, so… — Jared C. Wilson Copy Share Image
“You know there’s a lot of risk with pregnancies at this age. I’m just wondering how you and the pastor are handling… — Kim Cash Tate Copy Share Image
The Kingdom of God is not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming the life on earth into the… — Walter Rauschenbusch Copy Share Image
“The IMPOSSIBLE is ONLY relevant to those who NEVER attempt it…otherwise it is ABSTACT and MEANINGLESS” — John Paul Warren Copy Share Image
Love that goes upward is worship; Love that goes outward is affection; Love that stoops is grace. — Donald Barnhouse Copy Share Image
We are called not simply to communicate the gospel to nonbelievers; we must also intentionally celebrate the gospel before them. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Being the light of the world is about being a broken, exploding, scarred star and shining a light of hope and inspiration… — Ricky Maye Copy Share Image
The Internet has given atheists, agnostics, skeptics, the people who like to destroy everything that you and I believe, the almost equal… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
All of my sermons become books. I've been accused of having no unpublished thought. I encourage pastors to do that. I think… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
My grandparents went through a bad experience themselves; they invested money in a church and got burned - the pastor had his… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
I am not only a State Senator but I am a pastor, a minister, and the President of an organization comprised of… — Ruben Diaz Sr Copy Share Image
With the Synod Assembly, therefore, I heartily recommend to the Church's pastors and to the People of God the practice of Eucharistic… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In Seoul, Korea one night I spoke to about 1.3 million people and over a million of them indicated salvation decisions. They… — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
Supremely, spiritual directors/mentors/pastors are persons who have a sense of being 'established' in God. Otherwise they are too dangerous to be allowed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
God uses millions of no-name influencers every day in the simplest selfless acts of service. They are the teachers whose names will… — Mel Lawrenz Copy Share Image
“You miss the whole point, Pastor. What I did was wrong, but I couldn't stop myself. Why couldn't I stop myself? Because… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“A long time ago, a preacher friend of mine and I were at a conference. They had all these big time speakers.… — Staci Stallings Copy Share Image
[My grandmother] was the assistant pastor at Palma Ceia Baptist Church in Hayward - my grandmother, Evie Goines. And so my mother… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
People are always asking, "Is this person in front of me the same on the inside as he or she appears to… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
If a night-moth were to concentrate its will on flying to a star or some equally unattainable object, it wouldn't succeed. Only,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
When I was at seminary in my early twenties, one of my teachers said to me, "You're going to have to decide.… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
“When people tell me that I’m good, my response is, ‘I’m trying.’ But there’s some people that know me from back when—anytime… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
God created everyone to love and to be loved; If you will not take care of people, just leave them as they… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
It was in the mid-70's, '74 or '75 I started doing leadership conferences for pastors and in '79 I wrote my first… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
As worship leaders we might use music as a tool, but music is only ever just that - a tool with which… — Reuben Morgan Copy Share Image
My experience as a pastor is lots of people have really toxic, dangerous, psychologically devastating images of God in their head, images… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I think my family sees me playing a pastor on TV and thinks that's a way of saying I have the calling,… — Merle Dandridge Copy Share Image
All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I'm a purist when it comes to certain foods, and al pastor tacos (known as adobada tacos to us in Tijuana) is… — Marcela Valladolid Copy Share Image
“the priest, pastor, elder, bishop, prophet, teacher or whoever can go before God on one’s behalf. There cannot be personal victory in… — Andrew Mullek Copy Share Image
When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join. — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
Pastors are sent to utter the deep things of God for the conviction of sin, and for edification and comfort. — T. B. Joshua Copy Share Image
She squinted up at him. "But I haven't always made good decisions." Pastor Harris smiled. "All that shows is that you're human. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Jesus said to 5 of 7 churches, "Repent or Else." That should be the focus of every pastor, denomination. We are headed… — Michael Catt Copy Share Image
Humanism was not invented by man, but by a snake who suggested that the quest for autonomy might be a good idea. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
I grew up in the home of a pastor, and my earliest memory is that God really had a plan for my… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
When you follow God's will for your life, you can see how yesterday's events prepared you for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities. — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
I actually think one of most profoundly and deep pastoral moments between a pastor and his church is what happens between them… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
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