Quote by G.K. Chesterton

“The minister in our church: He spoke in a way that said there was a rage inside religion.”

— Adrienne Kennedy

“I really mean that there was no love in the church. It was a mask for hatred and self-hatred and despair.”

— James Baldwin

“There is no more emphatic protest against the pride and the despair of the world than that implied in Church worship.”

— Mike Cosper

“At that moment, we decided to stop complaining about the church we saw, and we set our hearts on becoming the church we dreamed…

— Shane Claiborne

“The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere.”

— Dorothy L. Sayers

“and at that point the church quietly articulated these words, which tell us something of the secret of old buildings: 'The worse I am…

— Julien Green

“I have seen whole churches destroyed, because they did not know how to be in a state of alert; there were no watchmen on…

— Ana Mendez Ferrell

“A church with no conflict is likely a church that is manufacturing peace in a way that prohibits glory.”

— James MacDonald

“The work of the church is not survival. She exists to fulfill the Great Commission.”

— Brother Andrew

“I will say this much for the nobility: that, tyrannical, murderous, rapacious and morally rotten as they were, they were deeply and enthusiastically religous.…

— Mark Twain

“How can we say that the Church wishes to bring us back into the Dark Ages? The Church was the only thing that ever…

— G.K. Chesterton

“You know, I come out of the church. I not only grew up in the church but graduated from seminary, and I look at…

— Chris Hedges