The Church was redeemed at the price of Christ's blood. Jew or Greek, it makes no difference; but if he has believed,… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
It cannot be too strongly asserted that the insistence on blind, unreasoning faith is due mainly to the maintenance of a subject-matter… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
There is nothing that more betrays a base ungenerous spirit than the giving of secret stabs to a man's reputation. Lampoons and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“The mission sat in a converted store front on the corner of a medium-busy street. There was a small crowd gathered in… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
Any father…must finally give his child up to the wilderness and trust to the providence of God. It seems almost a cruelty… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“The idea of Sufism as a vaguely deist, New-Age-style philosophy with lots of poetry, alcohol and soft drugs is also immensely appealing… — Anatol Lieven Copy Share Image
By one hour's intimate access to the throne of grace, where the Lord causes His glory to pass before the soul that… — John Newton Copy Share Image
The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know… — Paul the Apostle Copy Share Image
“there is one subject which we never hear too much of: we can never hear too much of Christ. When ministers are… — J. C. (John Charles) Ryle Copy Share Image
“The battle must be fought exactly as the battle of religious toleration was fought. And as in that case, so in this,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“There are those whose views about religion are not very different from my own, but who nevertheless feel that we should try… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Ever notice how the abbreviation for Testament is Test? I noticed this when I woke up and saw the tabs on my… — Amanda Penland Copy Share Image
“I have become more successful in my forties, but that pales in comparison with the other gifts of my current decade --… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The blues? Why, the blues are a part of me. They're like a chant. The blues are like spirituals, almost sacred. When… — Alberta Hunter Copy Share Image
“The cultural distance between our churches and communities continues to widen, making it harder and harder to communicate the gospel. Being missional… — Ed Stetzer Copy Share Image
We can now say with considerable confidence that the Bible is not a history of anyone's past… The Bible's "Israel" is a… — Thomas L. Thompson Copy Share Image
Religion shows a pattern of heredity which I think is similar to genetic heredity. ... There are hundreds of different religious sects,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to run from… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Most human beings are completely out of touch with their spiritual nature and with the inner dimensions that exist within themselves. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“But sharing does not mean wanting others to abandon their own spiritual roots and embrace your faith. That would be cruel. People… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
People often ask me: Who has influenced you the most? Your father? Mahatma Gandhi? Yes, my choices were fundamentally influenced by them,… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Life was charmed but without politics or religion. It was the life of children of the children of the pioneers -life after… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
We have a spiritual responsibility to be consciously grateful because that energy's frequency flows from us and assists in our own healing,… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
In order to have a literature, a nation must live, not merely on the practical, but on the moral and spiritual plane… — Vissarion Belinsky 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
“The Soul is indeed such that the mahavrats (five great vows of truth, non-possessiveness, non-violence, non-stealing, and celibacy as expounded by Lord… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
For people who cannot get to church for various reasons, this is a great option. But it will always be a poor… — Craig Detweiler Copy Share Image
“When you're young, faith is often a matter of rules. What you should do and shouldn't do, that kind of thing. But… — Rhoda Janzen Copy Share Image
“Beyond the table, there is an altar, with candles lit for Billie Holiday and Willa Carter and Hypatia and Patsy Cline. Next… — Carmen Maria Machado Copy Share Image
“The desire to be desire-less is but another desire. The thought that, because this desire purports to be spiritual, it is superior… — Joel Kramer Copy Share Image
The silence is there within us. What we have to do is to enter into it, to become silent, to become the… — John Main Copy Share Image
“We do not believe our own thought; we must serve somebody; we must quote somebody; we dote on the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The only reason you need me at all, John, is because Magick actually works . If it were all just smoke and… — Abramelin Keldor Copy Share Image
“I am little bit confuse about certain view and belief and i discover the most judgmental people are born again, i didnt… — darwin araman ergina Copy Share Image
I think here is the irony of American history. We don't have an established church. When you have an established church nobody… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
My job is simply to proclaim the Gospel, and to let the Spirit of God apply in the individual hearts. When I… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“We are living in an age of intense activity. The very atmosphere is charged with a spirit of hurry and rush. This… — John Wright Follette Copy Share Image
“Times of terror and the deepest misery may arrive, but if there is to be any happiness in this misery it can… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
How our story has been divided up among the truth-telling professions! Religion, philosophy, history, poetry, compete with each other for our ears;… — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
![“The Church was redeemed at the price of Christ's blood. Jew or Greek, it makes no difference; but if he has believed, he must circumcise himself from his sins [in baptism (Col. 2:11-12)] so that he can be saved . . . for no one ascends into the kingdom of heaven except through the sacrament of…” quote by Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/ambrose-9220_baptism_the-church-was-redeemed-at-the-price-of_2194608.jpg)
