“Most churches do not grow beyond the spiritual health of their leadership. Many churches have a pastor who is trying to lead… — Darrin Patrick Copy Share Image
Ninety-nine percent of everything that goes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual religion. Intelligent people… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“If the members of the Church would search their scriptures more intensely in the spirit of humility and prayer, disputations would cease… — Joseph Fielding Smith Copy Share Image
Zealous groups threaten to infringe civil liberties when they seek government support to impose their own religious views on nonadherents. This has… — Norman Dorsen Copy Share Image
Maybe a part of me recognized how right the improvising spirit of jazz is. Not the sounds, but the freedom to work… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
My central claim is that we become like Christ by doing one thing-by following Him in the overall style of life He… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Religion and ethics were not always—or even frequently—mutually compatible. The demands of religious absolutism or fundamentalism or rampaging relativism often reflected the… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“Metaphysics, in my understanding, is the unity of knowledge and the meaning and orientation this unity gives to life. If this unity… — Fazlur Rahman Copy Share Image
It is no small comfort that God hath written some Scriptures to you which He hath not to others. Read these, and… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
The seminaries must face the fact that they are not turning out well-trained professional clergy. They must realize that preaching is creative… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
“We believe in a particular order not because it is objectively true, but because believing in it enables us to cooperate effectively… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
A Gothic building engenders true religion ... The light, falling through colored glass, the singular forms of the architecture, unite to give… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
“He had in his Bronx apartment a lodger less learned than himself, and much fiercer in piety. One day when we were… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“There is a freedom that can be discovered in relationship, whether it be with spiritual community or with another individual, where something… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Israel, and you who call yourself Israel, the Church that calls itself Israel, and the revolt that calls itself Israel, and every… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
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Even in tragedy, God through His Word offers hope for those who seek and believe. It starts with the promise of a… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
I support the rights of all people to practice their religious beliefs privately, but I oppose the idea of respecting religions. In… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
If God tells us to do a thing we are to do it; if He tells us to believe a thing, we… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
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“Evil demons dwelling in underworlds, Gods sitting on-high, angels battling and protecting. We have become so wrapped up in these stories, and… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
There were other Anti-Christs among the Nephites, but they were more military leaders than religious innovators... they are all of one breed… — B. H. Roberts Copy Share Image
I think there's a faith formula in that verse: believe plus receive equals become. So I think believing's important, having intellectual agreement… — Lee Strobel Copy Share Image
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I've been reading [Nikita] Khrushchev Remembers. I know he's a bit of a lad himself - but he seemed to think that… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
It is a sign of our times, conspicuous to the coarsest observer, that many intelligent and religious persons withdraw themselves from the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“- “Do you know the difference between us and them… We are awake. We sense the truth: that something is deeply wrong… — A.G. Riddle Copy Share Image
There's this notion that Republicans are the party of Jesus and the Democrats are the Godless party. Let's be clear for a… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Flatter not thyself in thy faith to God, if thou wantest charity for thy neighbor; and think not thou halt charity for… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Prayer works in the mind as a healing force. It calms the patient, enlightens the physician, guides the surgeon, and it often… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
Whatsoever is good for God's children they shall have it, for all is theirs to further them to heaven; therefore, if poverty… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
I was interested in the question of the power of religious organizations to effect public policy in a negative way. When I… — Barry W. Lynn Copy Share Image
I'm on the record as saying things like I think it's important for people to understand their Bible stories, not because I'm… — Julia Gillard Copy Share Image
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“We Catch Glimmers June 26 RELIGION AS A word points to that area of human experience where in one way or another… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
You cannot come to Christ unless the Spirit of God brings you. But what if you ignore His warnings? Then you are… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“For those of us who profess to believe in a particular religious practice, it is extremely important that we try to help… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
It has come to be a dreadfully common belief in the Christian Church that the only man who has a “call” is… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
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