“They wish the church could be more diverse, but then leave to meet in a coffee shop with other well-educated thirtysomethings who… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Who are we, this government or this country, to redefine the term marriage that has meant one man and one woman across… — Tim Loughton Copy Share Image
“A spirit of satirical frivolity so dominated Britain in the 1960s that one critic feared the country "would sink giggling into the… — John O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
Words are good, but there is something better. The best cannot be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“The sacrificial death of the Son wasn’t an accident, it was an appointment (Acts 2:23; 4:27–28), for He was “slain from the… — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
Yes, I see the Church as the body of Christ. But, oh! How we have blemished and scarred that body through social… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
All this bit about angels and all the different religions, it's based on something. I think anything's possible. I believe in everything… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be better for the human spirit and for the soul of this nation to encourage people to accept more responsibility… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“The topic of disinterested, non-calculating, and purposeless love for the sake of love is central to mysticism as such. To love God,… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
I am obsessive always, even as a child. On one side is this strict orthodox religion, on the other is communism, and… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
A conviction that you are a daughter of God gives you a feeling of comfort in your self-worth. It means that you… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
A major function of fundamentalist religion is to bolster deeply insecure and fearful people. This is done by justifying a way of… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“a generation of permanent cripples, failed seekers, who never understood the essential old-mystic fallacy of the Acid Culture: the desperate assumption that… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The Christian church [in its true identity] does not persecute; any more than a lily scratches the thorns, or a lamb pursues… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
I think that if we follow in the path of Christ, and love the world - actually love people, there is no… — Reese Roper Copy Share Image
The concept of neutrality can lead to a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility… — Arthur Goldberg Copy Share Image
You could just as well say that an agnostic is a deeply religious person with at least a rudimentary knowledge of human… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Do not think that Christianity is something slavish and irksome, and conversely that the consummation of youthful desires is something upon which… — Johann Martin Boltzius Copy Share Image
If someone doesn't know their Old Testament, they don't know right doctrine, right correction, and they can't be equipped for good works. — Randall Terry Copy Share Image
“Many of us Christians have become extremely skillful in arranging our lives so as to admit the truth of Christianity without being… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
We will see that the greatest problem confronting civilization is not merely religious extremism: rather, it is the larger set of cultural… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Where ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and appreciation and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
The importance that our society attaches to sport is incredible. After all, is football a game or a religion? The people of… — Howard Cosell Copy Share Image
Most reckless things are beautiful in some way, and recklessness is what makes experimental art beautiful, just as religions are beautiful because… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy. — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
“I believe that the United States government was set up with the help of God, and it is the closest government in… — Gary Hansen Copy Share Image
“Christians who understand biblical truth and have the courage to live it out can indeed redeem a culture, or even create one.… — Charles W. Colson Copy Share Image
The spirit of religious persecution is not the special failing of any particular faith, but springs eternal in the human breast. — Dion Fortune Copy Share Image
I found it amazing people can think that art must be connected to religion. Religion may give art themes, but there would… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
Baptism is not the work of man but of Christ, and this sacrament is so holy that it would not be defiled,… — Isidore of Seville Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
A quick example of that is a woman who said she'd been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he… — James Randi Copy Share Image
We can also cling to the treasures of our faith and get rid of the things that are cluttering that. It is… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
We must all beware the very real and understandable human tendency to ignore or subvert facts, and findings of science, that discomfort… — William R. Brody Copy Share Image
William Henry Flower the Anglican too praised evolution as a cleansing solvent, dissolving the dross which had 'encrusted' Christianity 'in the days… — Adrian Desmond Copy Share Image
At the end of life thoughts hitherto impossible come to the collected mind, like good spirits which let themselves down from the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We need to admit the mind into Christian fellowship again. We need the mind disciplined in Christ, enlightened by faith, passionate for… — J.P. Moreland Copy Share Image
“Now, a plain word here about the Christian church trying to carry on in its own power: That kind of Christianity makes… — A. W. Tozer Copy Share Image
I grew up Baptist and still go to church. I myself have explored other religions, because I want to know what it… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
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