It is people who are violent, rather than "religions"; and since we secularised our politics we have had two major world wars,… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Worst of all is when one encounters zombie churches. Because every church is built and sustained by volunteers, almost every church was… — Andy Crouch Copy Share Image
“We use the word cross in our hymns, in our piety, in our prayers, and in our pastoral language. But we use… — John Howard Yoder Copy Share Image
Together let us desire, conceive, and create the new structure of the future, which will embrace architecture and sculpture and painting in… — Walter Gropius Copy Share Image
There is not the slightest question but that the God of the Old Testament is a jealous, vengeful God, inflicting not only… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
Baptism is rich in meaning. It suggests cleansing. When you are a disciple, you understand that you are cleansed by Christ. You… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they… — Russell Means Copy Share Image
This is why for thousands of years Christians have found the cross to be so central to life. It speaks to us… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
I don't want to say I drank the Kool-Aid because I'm definitely not religious and I don't buy into any religion at… — Ladyhawke Copy Share Image
I'm not a religious person by any means. But I certainly believe in some kind of a higher power and something looking… — Christian Slater Copy Share Image
“The flesh,' as Saint Paul used the term, refers, ironically, not to our bodies but to fallen human nature. The 'carnal' spirit… — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
“Their conversations turned to religion, and Pigafetta persuaded the prisoner to convert to Christianity. He was baptized, and the giant, whose original… — Laurence Bergreen Copy Share Image
“It is estimated that every three minutes somewhere in the world a Christian faces serious violations ranging from severe discrimination to outright… — Majed El Shafie Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more hallowing than the union of kindred spirits in art. At the moment of meeting, the art lover transcends himself.… — Kakuzō Okakura Copy Share Image
“God’s world is set up with laws and principles. Spiritual realities are as real as gravity, and if you do not know… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Unbelief is criminal because it is a moral act, an act of the whole nature.-Belief or unbelief is a test of a… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
“Now from science we have a new creation story, which is very alluring and very exciting. It's not about deposing all the… — David Felten Copy Share Image
“Whenever I felt like that, I would have a chat with my own Fat Mary. She was like the sweet fresh air… — Maria Nhambu Copy Share Image
To the other nations of the world, religion is one among the many occupations of life. There is politics, there are the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You are meant to think before you speak. How many times is your heart involved in what you are doing? Every act… — Jack Schwarz Copy Share Image
“The studio was immense and gloomy, the sole light within it proceeding from a stove, around which the three were seated. Although… — James Hain Friswell Copy Share Image
We must avoid the spiritual disease of the Church that can become self-referential: when this happens, the Church itself becomes sick. It’s… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We're not going to survive in this world, temporally or spiritually, without increased faith in the Lord-and I don't mean a positive… — A. Theodore Tuttle Copy Share Image
“Meditation is the art of learning to listen to our own heart. Meditation is the art of learning to listen to the… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“The confession of the church touching Jesus Christ can never be a knowledge such that, with it, the church can elevate itself… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
When practiced to its fullest, mindful eating turns a simple meal into a spiritual experience, giving us a deep appreciation of all… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Some time ago, the concept of the “carnal Christian” became popular among some evangelical groups. The basic idea was that someone could… — Andrew M. Davis Copy Share Image
I think that there are many things in the New Testament that show us that the godliness of our conversation plays an… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
This is why God created so many different religions: to be training grounds to make a path for every people, culture, custom,… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
“In American religion, as in ancient Gnosticism, there is almost no sense of God’s difference from us—in other words, his majesty, sovereignty,… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Global transformation can occur only when each individual has the courage to awaken from this amnesia to our true self and then… — Patsie Smith Copy Share Image
On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
What we see at the cross is the white-hot revelation of the character of God, of his love providing the price that… — David F. Wells Copy Share Image
We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure,… — Adam Clarke Copy Share Image
“A terrible crisis unquestionably has arisen in the Church. In the ministry of evangelical churches are to be found hosts of those… — J. Gresham Machen Copy Share Image
We must not confuse religion with God, or technology with science. Religion stands in relationship to God as technology does in relation… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get, so I very much recommend a… — Judy Collins Copy Share Image
“Risk assessment is the new religion, the Big Babies'equivalent of the apotropaic ritual, the haruspices, the chicken entrails and the goat on… — Michael Bywater Copy Share Image
While I have very little to say in favor of sex (it's vastly overrated, it's frequently unnecessary, and it's messy), it is… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I believe in kindness and niceness and lots of spiritual things, but the real intellectual rigor and quest of logic is something… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
