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- We approach Scripture with minds already formed by the mass of accepted opinions and viewpoints with which we have come into contact, in both the…
- We must learn to measure ourselves, not by our knowledge about God, not by our gifts and responsibilities in the church, but by how we…
- Were it not for the work of the Holy Spirit there would be no gospel, no faith, no church, no Christianity in the world at…
- The Christian's instincts of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God. But this is knowledge which Christians today…
- God in his wisdom, to make and keep us humble and to teach us to walk by faith, has hidden from us almost everything that…
- To an age which has unashamedly sold itself to the gods of greed, pride, sex, and self-will, the church mumbles on about God's kindness but…
- The task of the church is to make the invisible Kingdom visible through faithful Christian living and witness-bearing .
- Martin Luther described the doctrine of justification by faith as the article of faith that decides whether the church is standing or falling. By this…
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- I don't know that the Libertarian Party has an official position on the separation of church and state. — Michael Badnarik
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- See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious. — Charles Barkley
- In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians. — Karl Barth