Parenting Quote by Shane Claiborne

If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.

— Ignatius of Loyola

“...heresy was often perceived by the Church as a financial or political threat rather than merely a theological one.”

— Jonathan Kirsch

“And yet, the fact that we are no longer killing people for heresy in the West suggests that bad ideas, however sacred, cannot survive…

— Sam Harris

“Actually, the biggest danger to the Christian church does not come from the persecution without, but from heresy within.”

— David Robertson

“Simply in focusing our attention on the “enemy” Ignatius is rendering us a great service. To be unaware that we can expect resistance when…

— Timothy M. Gallagher

“The Church pleaseth it selfe too much which scorns and disdaines other Churches, as unworthy of her Communion, for some weakness in their understanding,…

— John Davenant

“On all levels and in every aspect of our society, the poor are rejected, mistreated, and forced more deeply into their poverty. Christianity should…

— Frank Schaeffer

“The Church risks irrelevance when it makes central God's preference for the poor and not His universal favor toward the poor in spirit.”

— Gilbert Mylender

“Christianity is the heresy of heresies, the underlying cause of the weakness, lethargy, sickness, and failure of the modern church.”

— Peter J. Leithart

“Persecution is an enemy the Church has met and mastered many times. Indifference could prove to be a far more dangerous foe.”

— Brother Andrew

“After the Lord has tried our faith, he, in the love of His heart, gives us an abundance. For the glory of His name…

— George Muller

“Heresy no longer existed within religion; it was founded in the state.”

— Reinhart Koselleck