Add Quote by Mark Twain

I have known a great many men who have left this Church for whom there is no chance whatever for exaltation, but if their…

— Brigham Young

The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions…

— St. Jerome

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…

— J. I. Packer

All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and…

— Umberto Eco

The outpouring of Christ's blood is the source of the church's life.

— Pope Benedict XVI

There is something childish and legalistic about churches in which all of the saints observe precisely the same standards. When all lives begin to…

— Walter J Chantry

It is a very rare church indeed that encourages its members to think for themselves in religious matters, or even tolerates this, and in…

— Anne Roe

Some people accuse us of too much emotionalism. I say we have too little. That is why we are losing church people to other…

— Billy Graham

Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilt.

— Mark Twain

For all the venom and fear spewed at members of the 'religious right,' most of today's churches are left alone... the nonreligious tend to…

— Kay Coles James

The church is so subnormal that if it ever got back to the New Testament normal it would seem to people to be abnormal.

— Vance Havner

The problem in the church today is not the profession of faith, but it's possession.

— R. C. Sproul