If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution. — Ignatius of Loyola Copy Share Image
Wherever you observe persecution, there is more than a probability that truth lies on il the persecuted side. — Hugh Latimer Copy Share Image
What a fine persecution—to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
As a nation, we must address the persecution of all religious minorities. — Mark Meadows Copy Share Image
Give us a genuine Christianity that may provoke persecution, but will not provoke contempt. — A. C. Dixon Copy Share Image
“And here, she said to herself, is the victim of the witch hunt, or its modern equivalent. Not much has changed. Witchcraft… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“Let us not forget: we are a pilgrim church, subject to misunderstanding, to persecution, but a church that walks serene, because it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...our pilgrimage among house churches in persecution convinced us that God may actually want to use them to save us from the… — Nik Ripkin Copy Share Image
One would think that [persecution] would be an obstacle to church growth when joining the church meant a death sentence. And yet,… — Gene Veith Copy Share Image
Whatever tumults and strifes await God's witnesses, it remains clear that the doctrine of persecution for the sake of conscience is most… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
“God allows the persecution of Christians from time to time in order to grow His garden: to weed out the counterfeits who… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Be of good comfort, Mr. Ridley, and play the man: We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in… — Hugh Latimer Copy Share Image
“The chopping block was not confined to one era, nor one form or country. There were many types of martyrdoms, spiritual as… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
We may very well wake up in the not-too-distant future in a culture that is not only unreceptive but openly hostile to… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
“Haven't you ever observed how we live in an age of self-persecution? What a lot of things there are one might do… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up… — William Montgomery Watt Copy Share Image
I prize my own independence too much. And philosophically, I could never accept any rigid dogma or ideology, whether it's Christianity or… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
And in that hour, The seeds of cruelty, that since have swell'd To such gigantic and enormous growth, Were sown in human… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
That ideology was never going to work, was it? It was just cobbled together from different beliefs: The anti-intellectualism of the Khmer… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
Not to abide in Jesus’ love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by Jesus. We look at our… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“I want men who will believe in Me, even when I do not protect them; I will not open the prison doors… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“We think ourselves possessed, or at least we boast that we are so, of liberty of conscience on all subjects and of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“The scriptures present a God who delights in genocide, rape, slavery, and the execution of nonconformists, and for millennia those writings were… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Even as we slog through the trials, persecutions, irritations, temptations, distractions, apathy, and just plain weariness of this world, the gospel points… — Greg Gilbert Copy Share Image
Persecution has come upon us, right honorable brethren, and persecution in the severest form. Shepherds are persecuted that their flocks may be… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
“Father Brendan Flynn: "A woman was gossiping with her friend about a man whom they hardly knew - I know none of… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
“Thus identified with astronomy, in proclaiming truths supposed to be hostile to Scripture, Geology has been denounced as the enemy of religion.… — David Brewster Copy Share Image
The Christians who engaged in infamous persecutions and shameful inquisitions were not evil men but misguided men. The churchmen who felt they… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Through the repeated hammer blows of defeat, destruction, and deportation, interpreted by the faithful prophets, Israel has to learn that election is… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
Cubans must prove that they're political refugees. And if they can prove that they're really fleeing persecution, well, they would qualify as… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
My father has been targeted for persecution by the Turkish government and its leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, because of his association… — Enes Kanter Copy Share Image
There have been times I almost got a persecution complex. I felt like people wouldn't let me grow up. They always saw… — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
I believe God gives us special grace to help us in moments of persecution. But I also believe he often uses his… — Johnnie Moore, Jr Copy Share Image
And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of leaders of the Communist Party, and then… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
“the challenge of living with popular culture may well be as serious for modern Christians as persecution and plagues were for the… — Ken Myers Copy Share Image
Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
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