--- title: "2 Sunday morning Quotes By Emily C. Heath" description: "2 Sunday morning quotes by Emily C. Heath. Plus more from Emily C. Heath and more Sunday morning sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/emily-c-heath-30588_christianity_why-are-christians-generally-regarded-as_1937370.jpg" --- > [“why are Christians generally regarded as such a dour bunch? I’ll confess that even I have thought of Christians that way. And when I’m visiting a church and walk in on Sunday morning, if I can’t sense any kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/why-are-christians-generally-regarded-as-such-a-dour-bunch-i-ll/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/emily-c-heath-30588_christianity_why-are-christians-generally-regarded-as_1937370.jpg) > [“people who come through your doors and stay are there not because they have to be, but because they want to be. And that is very good news. I would rather have a congregation of one hundred people committed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/people-who-come-through-your-doors-and-stay-are-there-not-because/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/emily-c-heath-30588_good-news_people-who-come-through-your-doors-and-s_2675814.jpg) ## Other authors on Sunday morning - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joyce-meyer-53800.jpg) Joyce Meyer 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday-morning/joyce-meyer/) ## More by Emily C. Heath > [“for the next week we endured what can only be described as verbal abuse from anti-equality Christians. Truly, not all of those opposing marriage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/for-the-next-week-we-endured-what-can-only-be-described-as-verbal/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“for purposes of discussion, let’s just say it is time for the mainline church to start looking for the “next big thing” that will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/for-purposes-of-discussion-let-s-just-say-it-is-time-for-the-mainline/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“if you have something capable of lighting up your whole house, why would you ever want to hide that light? The only logical thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/if-you-have-something-capable-of-lighting-up-your-whole-house-why/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“Carved in stone on the front of Old South Church in Boston is this inscription from the book of Revelation: “Behold, I Set Before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/carved-in-stone-on-the-front-of-old-south-church-in-boston-is-this/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“Fifty years ago there were no Little League games on Sunday mornings, and the stores stayed closed. But while we like to complain about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/fifty-years-ago-there-were-no-little-league-games-on-sunday-mornings/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“the United Church of Christ, has gone from more than two million members in 1957 (the year two denominations merged to form the current…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/the-united-church-of-christ-has-gone-from-more-than-two-million/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“when they’ve taken some time and then told me about their thoughts, at the core of nearly every answer is this: a sense that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/when-they-ve-taken-some-time-and-then-told-me-about-their-thoughts-at/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“we spend a lot of our time navel gazing. We talk about church decline, and whether or not to sell our buildings, and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/we-spend-a-lot-of-our-time-navel-gazing-we-talk-about-church-decline/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“if we believe that being a Christian is about more than just works, and if we believe that who we are as children of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/if-we-believe-that-being-a-christian-is-about-more-than-just-works/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“the suspicion of science is not based in actual Christian belief. My congregation full of educators and scientists disproves that. But the bumper sticker…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/the-suspicion-of-science-is-not-based-in-actual-christian-belief-my/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“It is charity only in the sense of the original meaning of the word, the one that comes from charis, or grace. And for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/it-is-charity-only-in-the-sense-of-the-original-meaning-of-the-word/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“why are Christians generally regarded as such a dour bunch? I’ll confess that even I have thought of Christians that way. And when I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/why-are-christians-generally-regarded-as-such-a-dour-bunch-i-ll/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“We must reacquaint ourselves with the Scriptures, learning to read them in life-giving ways. Truly, many of us have been deeply hurt by those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/we-must-reacquaint-ourselves-with-the-scriptures-learning-to-read/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“what both Jesus and Paul were saying is this: If you want to have a bountiful harvest, you have to plant. And if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/what-both-jesus-and-paul-were-saying-is-this-if-you-want-to-have-a/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) > [“churches and denominations must be in the business of actively helping to create disciples. Disciples, people who are actively being transformed by the grace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-c-heath/churches-and-denominations-must-be-in-the-business-of-actively/) [Emily C. Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-c-heath/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sunday-morning/emily-c-heath/#itemlist", "name": "2 Sunday morning Quotes By Emily C. 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