What Paul is clearly saying is that if anyone is worthy of being saved, they will be saved. At that point many… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The Church must take right ground in regard to politics... Politics are a part of a religion in such a country as… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
Modern marriage is first and foremost a romantic and private union, but the tax laws and inheritance laws and religious implications that… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think the connection between poetry and theology, which is profound in Western tradition - there is a great deal of wonderful… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
The soldier, above all other men, is required to perform the highest act of religious offering-sacrifice. In battle and in the face… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Let there always be a preponderance of mercy with you, even though you don't feel such mercy in yourself, as God has… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“It goes without saying that even those of us who are going to hell will get eternal life—if that territory really exists… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
We can be deeply thankful that we live in a land where reason and religion are friends and allies in the cause… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I know a girl who has become a really enthusiastic Christian. I remember meeting her several years ago. She lived in a… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Last year I was on Pat Robertson's show, and we discussed our basic Christian faith - for instance, separation of church and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share Image
To be a holy person means that the elements of our natural life experience the very presence of God as they are… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
How precious is the family as the privileged place for transmitting the faith! Speaking about family life, I would like to say… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
What gives life meaning is a form of rebellion, rebellion against reason, an insistence on believing passionately what we cannot believe rationally.… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
If you're a fan of American roots music, you won't want to miss 'Awake My Soul--The Story of the Sacred Harp.' Filmmakers… — Eric Zorn Copy Share Image
Every one of the numberless religions and religious sects views the Deity after its own fashion; and, fathering on the unknown its… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
It doesn't take a brilliant mind to notice that adults are telling you what to do and then they do the opposite.… — Al Jaffee Copy Share Image
The miraculous revelation of the Old Testament and the New, the miracles of famous men, Jews, Gentiles, or Christians, — then Franklin… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
"I love them that love me, and glorify them that glorify me." (Proverbs 8:17, I Kings 2:30,) says the Lord of His… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Sam Harris fearlessly describes a moral and intellectual emergency precipitated by religious fantasies--misguided beliefs that create suffering, that rationalize violence, that have… — Janna Levin Copy Share Image
Society in general maintains such a vested interested in its cozy habits and solidified belief systems that it had rather die -… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
[John Adams and Tomas Jefferson] shared experience in 1775 - 1776 in bringing about the separation from Britain and their service in… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
All... religions show the same disparity between belief and practice, and each is safe till it tries to exclude the rest. Test… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson Copy Share Image
In reality, genuine epiphanies are extremely rare. In contemporary adult life maturation & acquiescence to reality are gradual processes. Modern usage usually… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times about the amazing effect of shared wonder - how I have an… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
The archiepiscopal throne of Macedonius, which had been polluted with so much Christian blood, was successively filled by Eudoxus and Damophilus. Their… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Monotheistic religions alone furnish the spectacle of religious wars, religious persecutions, heretical tribunals, that breaking of idols and destruction of images of… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation is in… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
You have to be careful with fans, they'll turn on you. They turn quick. Twitter can go dark fast. If you talk… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
The targets of this story are not wayward sinners but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
However, in brief, I think the connecting of 'God' and 'Being' is one of these things for which there seems to be… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
People don't show up here (at the courtroom) because they believe evolution is bad science. They show up because they believe that… — Eugenie Scott Copy Share Image
On the whole, my family had always adopted a reserved attitude toward Zionism; my great-uncle Edmond had acted on his own in… — Guy de Rothschild Copy Share Image
I think fundamentally, the real power behind the anti-choice movement in regard to abortion and the opposition to the rights of LGBT… — Barry W. Lynn Copy Share Image
Follow Christ in the denial of all the wills of self, and then all is put away that separates you from God;… — William Law Copy Share Image
The Conspiracy Theory of Society... [is] a typical result of the secularization of a religious superstition. The belief in the Homeric gods… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
My hope is that a religious consciousness will begin to rise, one based on enhancing humanity, grasping life in all of its… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
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