“The opposite of oppression is not anarchy but self-discipline. The opposite of a disagreement is not rebellion but morality. The opposite of… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
Scriptures reveal the divine desires of the Lord in our behalf. Each of us should have a burning desire to search the… — L. Lionel Kendrick Copy Share Image
Today we cannot assume people, even all Christians, understand the Bible's implicit, underlying view of reality. We have to dig it out… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
When we pray, we make tremendous power available, dynamic in its working, causing changes in our favour. Certain prayer sessions are specially… — Chris Oyakhilome Copy Share Image
An atheist is merely someone who doesn't believe in god/s. Atheism matters to me because I see what religion does to people,… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
We deeply need the humility to know ourselves as the dependent members of a great community of life, and this can indeed… — Howard Zahniser Copy Share Image
Is it not possible that the chimpanzees are responding to some feeling like awe? A feeling generated by the mystery of water;… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“[Salvation] is a life-changing experience when it happens, and if our life isn’t changed by it, then it either didn’t happen at… — Van Harden Copy Share Image
We [Native Americans] respect being human beings, but also the natural and spiritual world and I thought that came across wonderfully and… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
One would naturally expect that the Lord Jesus Christ would be sufficiently important to receive ample notice in the literature of his… — Merrill C. Tenney Copy Share Image
It is a very great mistake, and a very common one, even for well-read persons, to adopt the idea that the progress… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
“As we reflect on these examples and other scriptures, it becomes clear that spiritual rebirth originates with faith in Jesus Christ, by… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
“In the heat of the 2000 election, then Governor George W. Bush of Texas made an off-the-cuff statement that we ought to… — Paul Marshall Copy Share Image
True character arises from a deeper well than religion. It is the internalization of moral principles of a society, augmented by those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What influence, in fact, have ecclesiastical establishments had on society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny… — James Madison Copy Share Image
What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where are fifty gospels, condemned as spurious by… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“I see you, beneath the surface. I see your untamable wild. I see your billowing heart. I see your unshed tears and… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
As long as you and I understand salvation as checking off a box to get to God, we will find ourselves in… — David Platt Copy Share Image
“Building upon this early conception of the Church, Christians came to think of it as having a double aspect. Insofar as it… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Lincoln is theology, not historiology. He is a faith, he is a church, he is a religion, and he has his own… — Lerone Bennett, Jr Copy Share Image
When we seek daily spiritual guidance, we are guided toward the next step forward for our art. Sometimes the step is very… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I tell people this over and over again: don't attach your faith to people. People will come and go. People will disappoint… — Omar Suleiman Copy Share Image
“I will never cut it as a Quaker - I cannot find it in me to renounce all violence, not with two… — Michael Perry Copy Share Image
If this incomplete ayaan hirsi wants fame sooo much then she shouldn't use religion as a base to be known. Some people… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“In short, missionaries are scaring people into changing their behavior and abandoning their tradition. They are destroying entire cultures for the single… — Al Stefanelli Copy Share Image
Twelve-step programs require people to accept their powerlessness and turn their lives over to God or another higher power. Many adolescents question… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
“I have no special regard for Satan; but I can at least claim that I have no prejudice against him. It may… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The spiritual journey starts with the realization that there's nothing more to wait for. The conditions are already perfect. There is no… — Ross Hostetter Copy Share Image
You and I have been through too much together. We're too close, too connected. I wasn't that crazy on spirit when I… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
To me the separation of church and state is a thread that ought to run through public policy so that we can… — Barry W. Lynn Copy Share Image
“the sinless, impeccable Christ, at the end of His sojurn among men, suffered death, which no one has to undergo except sinners;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“is Cosmic life and Cosmic spirit, and at the same time individual life and individual spirit. It is one and the same… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“No compulsion is there in religion. Rectitude has become clear from error. (Q2:256) We can dub this the ‘no compulsion’ verse. It… — Michael Alan Cook Copy Share Image
“greater good in this story—God sparing Joe from a fatal accident. But Joe has to depend on faith. If you realize that… — Mother Angelica Copy Share Image
“Our connections to the Oneness of the Universe/God are both physical/atomic matter and nonphysical spiritual/energy. What we can see and measure we… — Russell Anthony Gibbs Copy Share Image
Liberalism is really piecemeal socialism, and socialism always attacks three basic social institutions: religion, the family, and private property. Religion, because it… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
“It is indeed one of th e grave errors of religious anti-secularism that it does not see that secularism is made up… — Alexander Schmemann Copy Share Image
“Bishop Hostettler explained that baptism was not the means by which one is saved, but simply an outward sign of salvation. Just… — J.E.B. Spredemann Copy Share Image
The essence of religion is inertia; the essence of science is change. It is the function of the one to preserve, it… — William Winwood Reade Copy Share Image
“If for a time Buddhism became to all intents and purposes a separate religion, denying the [Page 266] Vedas, the ordinary layman… — Arthur Llewellyn Basham Copy Share Image
![“We deeply need the humility to know ourselves as the dependent members of a great community of life, and this can indeed be one of the spiritual benefits of a wilderness experience. ... [T]o know the wilderness is to know a profound humility, to recognize one's littleness, to sense dependence and…” quote by Howard Zahniser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/howard-zahniser-54797_benefits_we-deeply-need-the-humility-to-know-ours_1961140.jpg)
![“[Salvation] is a life-changing experience when it happens, and if our life isn’t changed by it, then it either didn’t happen at all or we are so caught up in this world, spending so much time, effort, and emotion on the red circle, that we are ignoring the permanent, eternal, gigantic, blue part…” quote by Van Harden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/van-harden-24351_eternal-life_salvation-is-a-life-changing-experience_1988918.jpg)
![“We [Native Americans] respect being human beings, but also the natural and spiritual world and I thought that came across wonderfully and I hope a lot of people get a sense of that; not to take away that we also have that warrior spirit.” quote by Adam Beach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/adam-beach-18451_being-human_we-native-americans-respect-being-human_2547472.jpg)
![“Lincoln is theology, not historiology. He is a faith, he is a church, he is a religion, and he has his own priests and acolytes, most of whom have a vested interest in [him] and who are passionately opposed to anybody telling the truth about him.” quote by Lerone Bennett, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/lerone-bennett-jr-80928_church_lincoln-is-theology-not-historiology-he_391079.jpg)
![“If for a time Buddhism became to all intents and purposes a separate religion, denying the [Page 266] Vedas, the ordinary layman might not see it in that light. For him Buddhism was one of many cults and faiths, by no means mutually exclusive, all of which led to salvation, and all of which were…” quote by Arthur Llewellyn Basham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/996/arthur-llewellyn-basham-94557_buddhism_if-for-a-time-buddhism-became-to-all-int_2866151.jpg)
