The Church is not called to overthrow government but to influence culture. Votes: 3
John Paul WarrenThe Church is a terrible engine of oppression, especially as concerns woman Votes: 3
Elizabeth Cady StantonMy family for several generations have been members of the Unitarian Church. Votes: 3
Leverett SaltonstallThe Church doesn't censor. It tries to guide its faithful through catechism. Votes: 3
Claudio HummesThe Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men. Votes: 3
Edward McKendree BoundsDon't jump down - folks, contraception in the Catholic Church is a thing. Votes: 3
Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodIt wasn't until my second year that I got to actually work with Church. Votes: 3
Stephen Cole KleeneThe Church used to absolve sinners; today it has the gall to absolve sins. Votes: 3
Nicolas Gomez DavilaGreater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife. Votes: 3
Lyndon B. JohnsonThe universal Church of the faithful is one outside of which none is saved. Votes: 3
Pope Innocent IIIThe Church will pray to God for the dead. The survivor has honour and glory. Votes: 3
Alexander SuvorovThe Church is simply the path of history, and not the actual kingdom of God. Votes: 3
Nikolai BerdyaevBeing accepted by the world is the worst thing that can happen to the Church. Votes: 3
Michael L. BrownMan is the head of the family, just as Christ is the Head of the Church. Votes: 3
Lailah Gifty AkitaPrayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon. Votes: 3
Martin LutherThe old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better. Votes: 3
Thomas CarlyleIt is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport. Votes: 3
Fridtjof NansenThe Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down. Votes: 1
Robert Green IngersollI understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love. Votes: 1
Therese of LisieuxIf there were no ministers and no priests, how long would there be any churches? Lemuel K Votes: 1
Lemuel K. WashburnEvery church that has a standard higher than human welfare is dangerous. Votes: 0
Robert Green IngersollIt's not our church; it's God's - it's not our responsibility to run it! Votes: 0
Charles R. SwindollI put myself in the hands of Christ, who is the true leader of the church.
Pope Tawadros II of AlexandriaThe whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe church teaches us that we can make God happy by being miserable ourselves.
Robert Green IngersollDo not allow the Church or State to govern your thought or dictate your judgment
Matilda Joslyn GageThe Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church
Gilbert K. ChestertonHuman life is God's outer church. Its needs and urgencies are priests and pastors.
Henry Ward BeecherBecoming a junior usher at a black church was my entry into the wonder of worship.
Isaiah WashingtonThe church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.
William Ralph IngeNot for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for himself.
Charles SpurgeonI would suggest the taxation of all property equally whether church or corporation.
Ulysses S. GrantThe wall of separation between church and state is a metaphor based on bad history.
William RehnquistMarriage is a living sign that truly communicates the love of Christ and the Church.
Christopher WestThe Church of the Apostles was a Church of the poor; of silver and gold it had none.
Henry Parry LiddonI'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.
Leonard RavenhillWhere there is no passion, the church perishes, even though it be full to the doors.
Leonard RavenhillWe can find loopholes in a lot of things if we want to bend the rules of the church.
Vaughn J FeatherstoneWho builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.
Alexander PopeWe cannot survive spiritually with one foot in the Church and the other in the world.
Bruce R. McConkieThe church is always more than a school. But the church cannot be less than a school.
Jaroslav PelikanCertainly, the church is not primarily a moral institution, but the bearer of a hope.
Johann Baptist MetzI do not speak for my church on public matters; and the church does not speak for me.
John F. KennedyI attended a Baptist church as a child and was an avid reader starting with the Bible.
John Henrik ClarkeThere's an awful lot of biblical ignorance, and the church perpetuates that ignorance.
John Shelby SpongNow the church is not wood and stone, but the company of people who believe in Christ.
Martin LutherThe Church gives more time, thought, and money to recreation and sport than to prayer.
Samuel ChadwickSeparation of church and state is the big club pulled out to beat back the Christians .
David BartonThe church expect too much from the pastors and there's barely anytime left for prayer.
David WilkersonGrace is God himself, his loving energy at work within his church and within our souls.
Evelyn UnderhillDon't aim to plant churches. Aim to plant a church that will plant many other churches.
George PattersonAll faithful members of the Lord's Church are equally blessed by priesthood ordinances.
Julie B. BeckThe Church became both more accessible and less imposing. It threw itself open to risk.
Lance MorrowWhy should we not enter into our inheritance in the church as well as the concert hall?
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsVoices that say the age of the church is over are voices who haven't listened to Jesus.
Robert GodfreyI do not condone hostility toward any church simply to vent personal malice or umbrage.
Roger WilliamsThe church is not a museum for pristine saints, but a hospital ward for broken sinners.
Timothy KellerTwo persons who love each other are in a place more holy than the interior of a church.
William Lyon PhelpsOn day one, the Church wasn't for church people because there weren't any church people.
Andy StanleyDoing good doesn't always make you feel good. I don't care what they tell you in church.
Ann RinaldiSome make Conscience of wearing a Hat in the Church, who make none of robbing the Altar.
Benjamin FranklinDevotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
Boyd K. PackerHow do we help the church get their respect back? I have a plan: pedophile crucifixions.
Christopher TitusWhen the Church listens to the Holy Spirit, it becomes fruitful. New movements are born.
E. Stanley JonesThe twentieth century saw the emergence of a Churchless Mission and a Missionless Church
Eddie GibbsI believe without any doubt that you are the finest generation this Church has ever had.
Gordon B. HinckleyThe greatest sin today in the church is the man in the pew who is ignorant of the Bible.
J. Vernon McGeeWe just could not have the Church of Jesus Christ without the spirit of missionary work.
LeGrand RichardsI did not grow up in the church. I'm not a church-goer now. I'm a very spiritual person.
Malcolm D. LeeIn a weird way, [hockey] is like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one.
Michael VartanGod has lots of children in the church today; I'm honestly not sure He has many friends.
Mike PilavachiThe Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
Pope John Paul IIThe less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going.
Reinhard BonnkeA dynamic praying church must be built from the inside out, employing all four levels of
Richard BurrI added up all the money the church paid me for the first 25 years and gave it all back.
Rick WarrenI am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace.
Thomas BecketThe election of John F Kennedy will lead to the death of a free church and a free state.
W. A. CriswellThe Christian church does not need more popular preaching, but more unpopular preaching.
Walter Russell BowieThe Church of God could not live twenty four hours without Rhodes rolls at Thanksgiving.
Wilford WoodruffBut the churchmen fain would kill their church, As the churches have kill'd their Christ.
Alfred Lord TennysonThe Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible is the religion of Christ's church.
Charles SpurgeonSeparation of Church and State is the perineum of America and the episiotomy didn't hold.
Doug StanhopeIf you go to church, and like the singing better than the preaching, that's not orthodox.
E. W. HoweWhat is a church?ÂOur honest sexton tells, 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.
George CrabbeThe life and fellowship of the church is to be a foretaste of life in the Kingdom of God.
George Eldon LaddIf you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church
J. Oswald SandersProclaiming the gospel to all mankind is a fundamental part of the mission of the Church.
M. Russell BallardI follow no doctrine. I don't belong to a church or a temple or a synagogue or an ashram.
Meryl StreepThe church is a major bureaucracy, and major bureaucracies are disobedient to the gospel.
Philip BerriganThere is nothing the Church can do except try to educate people to become good consumers.
Pope FrancisMy church is fifty percent millennials. There's a connectivity between millennials and I.
T. D. JakesIt takes more than a great church to reach a city, it takes a great movement of churches.
Timothy KellerThe first step towards the evangelizing of the world is the christianizing of the church.
Vance HavnerIt's not so much that the church has a mission, it's that the mission of God has a church.
Alan HirschWhen you go to church you are really listening in to the secret wireless from our friends.
C. S. LewisYou're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?
Christine O'DonnellThe greatest danger to the Christian church today is that of pitching its message too low.
Dallas WillardModern church music is so constructed that the congregation cannot hear one distinct word.
Desiderius ErasmusI do not want church groups controlling the schools of our country. They must remain free.
Eleanor RooseveltI attend the greatest of all Churches. I put a capital N on Nature, and call it my Church.
Frank Lloyd WrightThe Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe Church must be one because a fragmented church is not much help to a fragmented world.
Justo L. GonzalezThere would be no need for the women's movement if the church and Bible hadn't abused them
Leo BoothIf you are not a member of the church you regularly attend, you may well be going to hell.
Mark DeverJesus, could you please rapture the charismaniac lady who brings her tambourine to church?
Mark DriscollWhat would it matter if, for the sake of the Christian Church, one were to tell a big lie?
Martin LutherMama gives you money for Sunday school, you trade yours for candy after church is through.
Stevie WonderIt is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.
Charles SpurgeonIt is the task of youth not to reshape the church, but rather to listen to the word of God.
Dietrich BonhoefferEverything we see in a Catholic church is there for a single purpose: to tell a love story.
Donald WuerlThe saving principles and doctrines of the Church are established, fixed, and unchangeable.
James E. FaustThe church that will not give up will be outdated and passed by, quicker than they realize.
John C. MaxwellHe who does not believe according to the tradition of the Catholic Church is an unbeliever.
John of DamascusThe union of Church and State is not to make the Church political, but the State religious.
John Scott, 1st Earl of EldonIn all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church.
John WesleyThis is what heaven's gonna be like. Not just a white church or a black church, but people.
Mr. WrestlingIf you're not looking forward to church this morning perhaps it's time to look for a church.
Andy StanleyI went to a church where you could not sing out loud in the service until you had been saved
Bernice Johnson ReagonI'd argue that people today aren't rejecting Christ so much as they're rejecting the church.
Craig GroeschelThe church is not made up of spiritual giants; only broken men can lead others to the cross.
David BoschDonald Trump would never belong to a church that required a ten percent hit. He's too smart.
Gene WeingartenWoodrow Kroll is dead-on in his assessment of the church's lack of engagement with the Word.
Howard G. HendricksThe birth of the church was during a prayer meeting, not preaching, not singing, but prayer.
Jim CymbalaI'd rather be in the mountains thinking of God, than in church thinking about the mountains.
John MuirWe are dealing in a day and time when the courts are defining sin different than the church.
Johnny HuntDon't try so hard to be hip. When the Church finds out what is cool, it is not cool anymore.
Kevin DeYoungThe name of the new religion," said Rumfoord, "is The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent.
Kurt VonnegutWhen "I" and "You" are absent, I've no idea if this is a mosque, synagogue, church or temple
Mahmud ShabistariA man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.
Mark TwainChrist is not knocking on the door of a sinner's heart, but on the door of a wayward church.
Paul WasherIt is necessary to broaden the opportunities for a stronger presence of women in the church.
Pope FrancisIt wasn't in books. It wasn't in a church. What I needed to know was out there in the world.
Robert FulghumA man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
St. JeromeCreeds have been the bane of the Christian church ... made of Christendom a slaughter-house.
Thomas JeffersonDoes any sane man imagine that the church could cease to be missionary and remain the church?
Arthur JudsonOne thing the Devil fears the most is the Church that obeys and goes not just sits and talks.
Artur PawlowskiA red brick Presbyterian church... captured by kudzu vines as surely as a butterfly in a net.
Barbara AscherUnable to suppress love, the Church wanted at least to disinfect it, and it created marriage.
Charles BaudelaireUnable to do away with love, the Church found a way to decontaminate it by creating marriage.
Charles BaudelaireIf your church loves the way you do church more than your children, it loves the wrong thing.
Ed StetzerIf you're a Catholic you believe what the Church teaches and the climate makes no difference.
Flannery O'ConnorTake heed of thinking. The farther you go from the church of Rome, the nearer you are to God.
Henry WottonThe Church ever operates in full light. There is no secrecy about its doctrine, aim, or work.
John Andreas WidtsoeThe key word in the church community is relationships, you know brother and sister in Christ.
John C. MaxwellThere is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that sanctifies the separation of church and state.
Pat RobertsonWe cannot be tepid disciples. The Church needs our courage in order to give witness to truth.
Pope FrancisNeither the true faith nor eternal salvation is to be found outside the Holy Catholic Church.
Pope Pius IXJesus never heard of Beethoven and Bach. Why aren't we playing more country music in church ?
Tex SampleAs like a church and an ale-house, God and the devell, they manie times dwell neere to ether.
Thomas NashStanding in a garage no more makes you a car than standing in a church makes you a Christian.
Woody AllenOne of the special marks of the Holy Ghost in the Apostolic Church was the spirit of boldness.
A. B. SimpsonAfter my study of today's church, my conclusion is that the church is politely bored with God.
Aiden Wilson TozerVoluntary self-directed religion was more dangerous to the Church than any number of infidels.
Barbara TuchmanI don't understand why the police are infallible. They remind me a lot of the Catholic Church.
Bill MaherWhere a people prays, there is the church; and where the church is; there is never loneliness.
Dietrich BonhoefferSo we went on what we now call "The Beck Family Church Tour" and man did we see some churches.
Glenn BeckThe church lives on the fact that modern research about Jesus is not known amongst the public.
Hans ConzelmannBy the time we get to church, I need church cuz I've been yelled at by everyone in the family.
Jeff FoxworthyWhen we sincerely turn to God, we will find that His church always moves forward, not backward
Jim CymbalaI'll go to church with anyone who's willing to smoke pot and look through a telescope with me.
Joe RoganGod promised by the mouth of Isaiah that queens should be the nursing mothers of the church...
John Calvin"The Church of England," I said, seeing that Mr. Inglesant paused, "is no doubt a compromise."
Joseph Henry ShorthouseIf we truly long for revival, we will rejoice even when it starts at the church down the road.
Kevin DeYoungThe church does not simply have a missions department; it should wholly exist to be a mission.
Timothy KellerIf the Church is a body, and the body is a business, isn't that the same thing as prostitution?
Ann VoskampAmbition that centers on the glory of God and welfare of the church is a mighty force for good.
J. Oswald SandersIf God gave Dad Alzheimer's, He's got to understand when Dad forgets what church he belongs to.
Joanne FlukeHow is it that the Church produced no geometer in her autocratic reign of twelve hundred years?
John William DraperHere's the Middle East. Here's the mosque, here's the church, open the temple, everybody's MAD!
Maria BamfordThe holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her...
Pope Gregory XVIAbsolutely nothing will revitalize a discouraged church faster than rediscovering it's purpose.
Rick WarrenThe church was first established and organized with a world-wide mission for a world-wide work.
Roland AllenClergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeJesus was a friend of women, the first and practically the last friend women had in the church.
Uta Ranke-HeinemannWhat has the church gained if it is popular but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?
Aiden Wilson TozerThe Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.
Andy StanleyIn proportion as a church is holy, in that proportion will its testimony for Christ be powerful.
Charles SpurgeonGod is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world.
Craig GroeschelSex is not some sort of pristine, reverent ritual. You want reverent and pristine, go to church.
Cynthia HeimelThe church is not here to meet our needs. We are the church here to meet the needs of the world.
Erwin McManusChurch bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood, The land of spices; something understood.
George HerbertI will not say nothing. I will defend my church and my religion when it is insulted and spit on.
James JoyceChurch was never intended to be a place where we serve God to the exclusion of meeting with Him.
James MacDonaldIf a pagan asks you to show him your faith, take him into church and place him before the icons.
John of DamascusI'm sick and tired of (only) reading about church history; let's make (some) by the grace of God
Leonard RavenhillIt is important to integrate immigrants into society and to welcome them in the church community
Pope FrancisI want to throw open the windows of the Church so that we can see out and the people can see in.
Pope John XXIIIThe merit claimed for the Anglican Church is that, if you let it alone, it will let you alone.
Ralph Waldo EmersonCan any church help us to win a war? If you can't help us win a war, then please don't press us.
Shimon PeresAccording to the New Testament, God wills that the church be a people who show what God is like.
Stanley J. GrenzThe church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.
William Ralph IngeTo regain her lost power the Church must see heaven opened and have a transforming vision of God.
Aiden Wilson TozerThere are many who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God any more.
Arthur MillerEvery time you walk a mile to church and carry a Bible with you, you preach a sermon a mile long.
Dwight L. MoodyI do isometrics in church so while I'm doing my soul some good, I'm doing my body some good, too.
Grace KellyWhen a church is faithless to its duties, the real church is outside its walls, in the community.
Henry Ward BeecherOur whole message is it's easy to just keep preaching to the church and people that already come.
Joel OsteenI am a God-fearing man. In fact, I don't go to church because I'm afraid I'll run into him there.
Matthew DiamondThe church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve; don't seek to be seen
Max LucadoWe as a church need to decide whether we'll seek the Anointing of God or the God of the Anointing
Paul CainThe Church must be forever building, for it is forever decaying within and attacked from without.
T. S. EliotI don't go to church so much, but I do believe in God and I understand the consequences of faith.
Usain BoltDear Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold, But the Ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm.
William BlakeI knew then that the Christian Church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out!
Anton Szandor LaVeyOne side of the street is a Church; across the road is a liquor store. Both of 'em keepin us poor.
Chuck DThe Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity.
J. I. PackerIf I could play any character from the book though it'd be Church. Who wouldn't want to be a cat?!
Jamie Campbell BowerSeparation prevents the government from determining church policy, whether directly or indirectly.
John M SwomleyThe church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.
John StottBeing a member of the Church has never placed any roadblocks in my personal and professional life.
LaVell EdwardsNever let the church become a place where it's just a Las Vegas display place for you to show off.
Max LucadoWe live in a time of crisis in the secular culture and in the church with regard to the beautiful.
R. C. SproulI have found truly jubilant Christians only in the Bible, in the Underground Church and in prison.
Richard WurmbrandCertainly the institutional church is ill. It's hemorrhaging young people at an astronomical rate.
Shane ClaiborneIf there was acceptance of the mentally ill in the Catholic Church, the entire Curia would resign!
Sinead O'ConnorFor me the hardest struggle in my faith life was the Catholic Church is against the death penalty.
Tim KaineThe safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time.
Alan HirschThe church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.
Benjamin FranklinThe Catholic Church has a tough new policy on child molestors: three strikes and you're a cardinal.
David LettermanReligion should be about your relationship with God, not what the church says you can and can't do.
Eddie GuerreroThe church is no more religion than the masonry of the aqueduct is the water that flows through it.
Henry Ward BeecherIt is the deepest desire of my heart to have every member of the Church worthy to enter the temple.
Howard W. HunterMy dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.
Joel OsteenThe best title of the [professing] church of God today, in my judgment, is 'Unbelieving Believers.'
Leonard RavenhillUntil the church is holy there'll be no rapture - I don't care what theory of the rapture you have.
Leonard RavenhillI do object to the sensationalism or even the voyeurism of doing things in church or out of church.
Pierre TrudeauLet the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.
Pope FrancisThe Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer.
Pope FrancisNo person, no idea, and no religion deserves to be illegal to insult, not even the Church of Emacs.
Richard StallmanWorship is at the center of everything that the church believes, practices, and seeks to accomplish
Robert WiebeRemember that the Unification Church rose, not in freedom, but from a prison, the pit of suffering.
Sun Myung MoonIt's not how high we jump off our feet in church, it's what we do with them when we hit the ground!
Tom RidgeRevival precedes evangelism. The church must first repent. This is the blind spot in our eye today.
Vance HavnerI'm definitely not a traditionalist, because a traditionalist would be going to church every Sunday.
Oprah WinfreyDonât allow the Internet to become your congregation. YouTube is a horrible place to go to church.
Albert MohlerFather, look upon us in Your goodness and kindness, we pray as a church. Help us to love each other.
Alistair BeggThe Manifesto was not a divine production but something manufactured to outwit the church's enemies.
Charles W. PenroseSaturate your preaching with the gospel in the church, so that you people speak gospel in the world.
David PlattNo matter how corrupt the Church may become, it carries within it the seeds of its own regeneration.
Dorothy DayThe church didn't know what to do with Ray Charles or Al Green. And so they were kind of ostracized.
lecraeIf the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ.
Leonard RavenhillI have a great staff at the church; they protect me and allow me to focus on more of what I do best.
Max LucadoThe Church needs you, your enthusiasm, your creativity and the joy that is so characteristic of you.
Pope FrancisIt's because Jesus spoke so frequently about hell that the church should take the concept seriously.
R. C. SproulOverheard in a Washington D.C. church confessional: "Bless me Father, for sins have been committed."
Robert BreaultAll Church activities, advancements, quorums, and classes are means to the end of an exalted family.
Russell M. NelsonThe press is the exclusive literature of the million; to them it is literature, church, and college.
Wendell PhillipsPope Benedict is an amazingly visionary person. What he has done is establish an evolutionary process that will help undo the Reformation. The Anglican Church has been hijacked by modernism, with synods trying to amend the faith and this process will allow traditional Anglicans to be themselves. Votes: 1 Peter Slipper
You are free to reject God. Make sure that you're really rejecting God, not some caricature of God that the church has shown you. But I, one, respect a God who not only allows us to reject Him but includes the arguments we can use against Him in the Bible. I respect that. Votes: 1 Philip Yancey
It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act. Votes: 3 Abbe Pierre
Growing up, I was blessed to be part of a great church. This is where I met many friends who have encouraged me in my life to live strong for Christ. My church is a place where I can develop friendships with others that will encourage me in my walk with Christ. Votes: 1 Bethany Hamilton
I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church. Votes: 4 Oprah Winfrey
Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers. Votes: 3 Max Muller
It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention. Votes: 7 Pope John XXIII
Of course the case of the Christian Church planted among the nations must differ, in various ways, from that of any sect forming in connection with religious awakening in a territory of professing Christianity. Votes: 3 Robert Rainy
To the Christian Church, the destruction of the Temple served as an ultimate sign that the Jews were no longer God's chosen people, divine favor having now been transferred to a newer and better Israel. Votes: 1 Meir Soloveichik
I have no problem with religion, and I grew up with a strong curiosity about spiritual matters, but my searching took me away from church and community worship to the internal journey. Before my recovery began, I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter. Votes: 3 Eric Clapton
I kind of grew up with a mix of two things. One was kind of this individual work ethic that my father and my stepfather and my mother all taught me, which was never depend on anyone else to do things for you, and work really hard on your own. At the same time, I benefited from the help of church and family and government my whole life. Votes: 3 Kyrsten Sinema
I think in church you're raised like God is God and you are here. Votes: 2 Charles King
To some extent I could identify with that because I kind of just made my money and got out. Votes: 1 Thomas Haden Church
The church and religion has lost tremendous power and positive power. Votes: 3 Donald Trump
Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate. Votes: 5 Ulysses S. Grant
But separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government. Votes: 2 Roy Moore
Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches. Votes: 1 Goldwin Smith
Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man. Votes: 4 Dwight L. Moody
Not a word was spoken. The church bells all were broken. Votes: 4 Don McLean
In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past. Votes: 3 Mark Batterson
I never realised that the Edinburgh skyline was so interesting - it's gothic and very urban and there's a lot of church spires and old brownstone buildings. Votes: 2 Jamie Bell
It is not your beauty, success or money that should define you; neither should your church calling, your charitable contributions or talents. Humility is the cornerstone of character, by which God judges our truth worth, and wisdom is the door he opens when we use it. Votes: 3 Shannon L. Alder
God did not become flesh and suffer an ignominious death at our hands so that we could have sprawling church campuses, programs, and budgets. Votes: 3 Michael S. Horton
Historically speaking, institutions are slow to change and usually resistant to any sudden moves - churches especially so. Votes: 3 Gene Robinson
Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves. Votes: 1 Thomas Fuller
I have great respect for the LDS church - their commitment to family and taking care of each other is exemplary. I just don't believe the tenets of the faith that they believe. Votes: 1 Kyrsten Sinema
Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches, except to those who 'overcome.' Where there is grace, there will be conflict. The believer is a soldier. There is no holiness without a warfare. Saved souls will always be found to have fought a fight. Votes: 2 J. C. Ryle
My eyes are wide open to the conflicts within the Church, but I don't think you can call it schism. Votes: 1 Richard John Neuhaus
I grew up Protestant. My dad was a Charismatic pastor of the Families of God denomination. Often, we noticed that - during a lot of his evangelistic-type services - that some of the Amish and Old Order Mennonite couples would come and stand across the street from the church and look in the door. Votes: 1 Beverly Lewis
There can, therefore, be no doubt that Presbyterians do carry out the principle that Church power vests in the Church itself, and that the people have a right to a substantive part in its discipline and government. Votes: 1 Charles Hodge
It is an absolutely unique success of the church community to have introduced such an epoch-making change, in just a few years, without having a serious division. Votes: 1 Hans Kung
My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church. Votes: 1 Benjamin Franklin
I'm raising my family in The Church, and I'm proud of that. Votes: 3 Brandon Flowers
The very word woman in the writings of the church fathers stood for the basest of temptations... As women were lowered in the moral scale because of their identification with her at the very bottom of the pit, so they cannot rise themselves save as they succeed in lifting her with whose sins they are weighed. Votes: 5 Jane Addams
I was an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was pressed by the math department to go on to graduate school. Actually they gave me fellowships that paid my way, otherwise I would not have been able to continue. Votes: 1 Alonzo Church
And you know, we'd go to church. We were Baptists. And every now and then there'd be a tent would set up, and it was the Holiness folks. And we liked their music. Votes: 1 Mel Tillis
Everyone related to me in my circle was from church: church friends, church school, church activities. All my friends weren't allowed to watch MTV or go to PG-13 movies or listen to the radio, so I didn't really know anything different. That's how I was raised. Votes: 3 Katy Perry
Spiritually, we have marginalized the Bible. We've trivialized marriage, and we've neutralized the church. America today is in great turmoil. It feels like the soul of our nation has been taken from us. Votes: 1 David Jeremiah
Spiritually, we have marginalized the Bible. We've trivialized marriage, and we've neutralized the church. America today is in great turmoil. It feels like the soul of our nation has been taken from us. Votes: 1 David Jeremiah
I do quite like sightseeing. I like churches, museums, galleries and all that stuff. I love the smell of a church in Italy or the smell of an old greasy spoon somewhere. I like markets and little funny shops in the backstreets of Florence. Votes: 2 Ashley Jensen
Being around a church culture, even leading a gathering of believers, I've gotten pretty good at predicting what's going to happen in a church service. Votes: 1 Francis Chan
It's a disgrace to see my church giving Holy Communion to a man who helped lead a reign of terror. What is the message? You kill, you maim, you commit crime, and you gain sanctuary. It's shameful. Votes: 3 Curtis Sliwa
I believe a very large majority of church goers are merely unthinking, slumbering worshipers of an unknown God. Votes: 4 Charles Spurgeon
In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going. Votes: 3 Don Marquis
The role of the church and the government are fundamentally different. The church must always show compassion - always. Votes: 2 Rick Warren
As Christians refine their methods, develop Church Growth eyes, feel church growth responsibility, communicate the Gospel, and educate those who are won until they become responsible Christians, the church as a whole will receive the abundant blessing God wants to give. Votes: 3 Donald McGavran
The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church, for there is plenty of room there. Votes: 1 Leigh Hunt
Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying transition of leadership to take place in a local church. Votes: 4 C. J. Mahaney
I have an awesome church home and an awesome Pastor down in L.A., and I couldn't be happier. Votes: 4 Jonny Lang
My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic choices, in the way that I sing and write songs. I have always had that as part of my background and part of my influence when I am making music. Votes: 1 John Legend
People can't stand it when you deal with issues of race and class, and also sometimes the church, and you give a perspective that flushes out hypocrisy. Votes: 1 Jose Padilha
Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less. Votes: 1 Billy Sunday
Beginning under the Roman Empire, intellectual leadership in the West had been provided by Christianity. In the middle ages, who invented the first universities - in Paris, Oxford, Cambridge? The church. Votes: 2 Nancy Pearcey
We follow the rules laid out in the Bible for running our church. Votes: 2 William Brewster
Becoming Catholic involves entering into a relationship with the Catholic Church. Votes: 1 Carl Olson
The most depressing thing about blogging is watching so-called 'citizen journalists' turn in to little more than easily offended partisan hacks. Any remark that is slightly less than completely and totally scripted and can give the slightest opportunity to offend some delicate soul somewhere is used to set off a series of partisan screeches and cries of outrage that would make the Church Lady jealous. Votes: 5 John Cole
The Gospel of Judas is a kind of protest literature. It's challenging leaders of the church. Votes: 1 Elaine Pagels
When a human body is out of balance we call that disease.... Likewise, when the body of Christ becomes unbalanced, disease occurs.... Health will occur only when everything is brought back into balance. The task of church leadership is to discover and remove growth-restricting diseases and barriers so that natural, normal growth can occur. Votes: 3 Rick Warren
Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. Votes: 1 Karin Slaughter
I've always made music that was representative of real life. Votes: 2 Eric Church
The greatest missionary tool we have is that of demonstrating friendliness, brotherly kindness, harmony, love and peace in our homes and in all our church meetings. Votes: 3 Theodore M. Burton
I am, I think the only surviving member of the original Battle Creek church. The church was disbanded, with the exception of thirteen members, in 1870. Votes: 2 John Harvey Kellogg
Christianity means a lot more than church membership. Votes: 5 Billy Sunday
Who provides the love and a path to reconciliation? It's not Planned Parenthood; it's the Catholic Church, the other Christian churches, and the ministries they have created. Votes: 1 Chris Smith
Being raised as an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Mormons, I became an Eagle scout, and after graduating high school, I went on a full-time church mission to the West Indies for 2 years. Votes: 3 Shay Carl
My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant. Votes: 2 Emma Bonino
And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent. Votes: 4 Bruce Springsteen
I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician. Votes: 1 Cassandra Wilson
Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church. Votes: 2 Ignatius of Antioch
But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible. Votes: 2 Jack Dee
The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith. Votes: 2 Jane Grey
If Satan wasn't around, churches would go out of business. Votes: 1 Marilyn Manson
Many churches are measuring the wrong things. We measure things like attendance and giving, but we should be looking at more fundamental things like anger, contempt, honesty, and the degree to which people are under the thumb of their lusts. Those things can be counted, but not as easily as offerings. Votes: 1 Dallas Willard
I'm not religious, so theres no church on Sunday. Votes: 2 Tamara Ecclestone
The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society. Votes: 1 Claudio Hummes
All the modern christian churches have no more authority to preach, baptize, or administer any other ordinance of the gospel than the idolatrous Hindoos have. Votes: 1 Orson Pratt
I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service. Votes: 3 Andrew Carnegie
I am also actively involved in my church and its community activities. We have programs to improve the lives of our congregation and programs of outreach in the community. Votes: 1 Samuel Wilson
My mom always says I cut my teeth on the church pew. Votes: 1 Miranda Lambert
The Lord needed the strength of the women of this Church as the seeds of the Restoration were planted and nourished. Votes: 2 Sheri L. Dew
Educational institutes can no longer be prizes in church politics or furnish berths for failure in other walks of life. Votes: 4 E. Franklin Frazier
If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied. Votes: 1 Charles Hodge
There's nobody who doesn't have problems with the church, because there's sin in the church. But there's no other place to be a Christian except the church. Votes: 1 Eugene H. Peterson
Becoming Catholic involves entering into a relationship with the Catholic Church. Votes: 1 Carl Olson
A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today! Votes: 1 Billy Sunday
In the scattered settlements of this Diocese, schools and Churches are of necessity for many years few in number, and multitudes of both sexes are growing up in great ignorance. Votes: 1 John Strachan
If you are wealthy enough, use part or all of your Social Security proceeds to invest in a favorite cause or two. Invest 10 percent or 100 percent of your monthly Social Security check in your favorite charity, foundation, think tank, church or synagogue, or other good cause. Votes: 1 Mark Skousen
Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull. Votes: 4 Vance Havner
I hate how spiritual formation gets positioned as an optional pursuit for a small special interest group within the church. Votes: 1 John Ortberg
But separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government. Votes: 2 Roy Moore
Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects. Votes: 3 Hans Christian Andersen
If organized religion has become less relevant, it's not because churches have held fast to their creedal beliefs - it's because they've held fast to their conventional structures, programs, roles and routines. Votes: 4 Gary Hamel
In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human beings, and to promote their fundamental rights, their dignity and liberty. Votes: 4 Claudio Hummes
For clothes, I like Anna on Regent's Park Road. Anna Park, who owns it, has an amazing eye for fresh, exciting clothes. I also love Arrogant Cat on Kensington Church Street. Space NK on Duke of York Square for exciting potions. I think I stretch the term 'tester' way beyond its boundaries. Votes: 1 Sophie Winkleman
The problem is that those of us who were born into Islam and who don't want to live according to scripture - we don't have what the Jews have, which is a rabbinical tradition that allows you to ask questions. We also don't have the church tradition that the Christians have. Votes: 3 Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church. Votes: 1 Thomas Aquinas
The local church is the outcrop of the church universal. Votes: 3 Peter Forsyth
My grandmother took me to church on Sunday all day long, every Sunday into the night. Then Monday evening was the missionary meeting. Tuesday evening was usher board meeting. Wednesday evening was prayer meeting. Thursday evening was visit the sick. Friday evening was choir practice. I mean, and at all those gatherings, we sang. Votes: 1 Maya Angelou
Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision. Votes: 1 Bill Hybels
Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines. Votes: 1 Maria Mitchell
It's amazing to me the number of people who will volunteer to help at church but won't lift a finger to help at home! Votes: 1 Joyce Meyer
The Church cannot be content to live in its stained-glass house and throw stones through the picture window of modern culture. Votes: 2 Robert McAfee Brown
I know that those of us who go into church work are to regard ourselves as servants, are to offer our lives as a gift. Votes: 4 John Ortberg
By the last decades of the 21st century, church worship will still take the form of reading passages of traditional texts - the Bible, the Koran, the Rig Veda - but physicist-priests will preside over the ceremonies. Votes: 4 Frank Tipler
I have great respect for the LDS church - their commitment to family and taking care of each other is exemplary. I just don't believe the tenets of the faith that they believe. Votes: 1 Kyrsten Sinema
Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental. Votes: 1 Grace Jones
Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental. Votes: 1 Grace Jones
I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear. Votes: 1 Billy Sunday
To the Christian Church, the destruction of the Temple served as an ultimate sign that the Jews were no longer God's chosen people, divine favor having now been transferred to a newer and better Israel. Votes: 1 Meir Soloveichik
In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going. Votes: 1 Don Marquis
Saudi Arabia inflames the Sunni-Shiite divide and sets a pernicious example of intolerance by banning churches. Votes: 1 Nicholas Kristof
I was like the class clown in school so I guess I would say I did like the attention. In church I did a lot of plays, my mother made me play characters, do a lot of drama and acting, trying to become someone else. So it helped me create who I am, to create Snoop Dogg. Votes: 1 Snoop Dogg
Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church. Votes: 3 Alan Hirsch
As burned as I've been by local churches and by people who call themselves in God's name, Jesus gave us the church. It's supposed to be a community of like-minded people who encourage and strengthen each other. But that's not how it always works. Votes: 1 Anne Graham Lotz
Women are the first witnesses to the resurrection and pillars of the early church. Votes: 4 John Ortberg
I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in church. Votes: 1 Zig Ziglar
My problem with the Emergent Church is not the questions they are bringing up, but the answers they are giving. They are making Christianity milky. They are making it so you can no longer define anything. There is no sound judgment allowed. Votes: 3 Eric Ludy
My hope that the Church will emerge as a strong leader in society is just that a hope. What I described in The Catholic Moment is not a prophecy but the outline of a possibility. There are no guarantees that my hopes expressed in The Catholic Moment will ever be realised. Votes: 1 Richard John Neuhaus
The episcopal church was destined, inevitably, to grow further and further from the Christian teaching of poverty and denial of worldly goods. It became more like an additional arm of secular administration. Votes: 3 Judith Herrin
I was raised in an evangelical Methodist church. Evangelical meant that though you had been baptized and made a member of the church on Sunday morning, you still had to be 'saved' on Sunday night. I wanted to be saved, but I did not think you should fake it. Votes: 2 Stanley Hauerwas
Since I was 12 or 13, I have been taking movie meetings finding a project right for me because I wanted to try it. Craig gave us the script - it was set in Wales, it is really British humour. I just loved it. Votes: 1 Charlotte Church
Since I was 12 or 13, I have been taking movie meetings finding a project right for me because I wanted to try it. Craig gave us the script - it was set in Wales, it is really British humour. I just loved it. Votes: 1 Charlotte Church
Being around a church culture, even leading a gathering of believers, I've gotten pretty good at predicting what's going to happen in a church service. Votes: 1 Francis Chan
If churches around the world would grasp the revolutionary truth that Christ's transforming power always comes through sacrifice and weakness, it would dramatically alter the landscape of the global church. Votes: 3 Joni Eareckson Tada
I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church! Votes: 5 Anson Mount
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. Votes: 4 Billy Sunday
Few things are more pleasant than a village graced with a good church, a good priest and a good pub. Votes: 3 John Hillaby
I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral. Votes: 4 Robert Louis Stevenson
I grew up in the United Methodist Church, and church was always a very big part of my growing up. Votes: 2 Hilarie Burton
I solemnly declare that this spiritual kingdom of faith will move forward with or without each of us individually. No unhallowed hand can stay the growth of the Church nor prevent fulfillment of its mission. Any of us can be left behind, drawn away by the seductive voices of secularism and materialism. Votes: 1 James E. Faust
I hate how spiritual formation gets positioned as an optional pursuit for a small special interest group within the church. Votes: 1 John Ortberg
Regular expository preaching of the Bible is the staple diet of a healthy church. Votes: 3 Alistair Begg
Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less. Votes: 1 Billy Sunday
As of essential importance in town churches which are not at all equally necessary in the country. Votes: 1 George Edmund Street
My first instrument was the piano; I played in the church, and before that I sang in church. I didn't learn the guitar until I was 24 years old. Votes: 1 Chuck Brown
It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived to address the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Votes: 1 Douglas Alexander
We're not opposed to Catholics having pride in their church, but that doesn't mean that every church that doesn't join them isn't a church. Votes: 1 Pope Shenouda III
We're not opposed to Catholics having pride in their church, but that doesn't mean that every church that doesn't join them isn't a church. Votes: 1 Pope Shenouda III
I have great respect for the LDS church - their commitment to family and taking care of each other is exemplary. I just don't believe the tenets of the faith that they believe. Votes: 0 Kyrsten Sinema
Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying transition of leadership to take place in a local church. Votes: 3 C. J. Mahaney
Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying transition of leadership to take place in a local church. Votes: 1 C. J. Mahaney
I support gay unions. I think the government should get out of the marriage business completely - leave marriages to the churches. And grant civil unions to gay couples, grant civil unions to a man and woman. Votes: 2 Gary Johnson
Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate. Votes: 1 Ulysses S. Grant
I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches. Votes: 1 Gary Johnson
As burned as I've been by local churches and by people who call themselves in God's name, Jesus gave us the church. It's supposed to be a community of like-minded people who encourage and strengthen each other. But that's not how it always works. Votes: 4 Anne Graham Lotz
As a child, I had lived many years in Southampton and sang in the choir of the Dune Church. Votes: 2 Rachel Lambert Mellon
If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state? Votes: 1 Tony Campolo
The church which is not a missionary church will be a missing church when Jesus comes. Votes: 2 F.B. Meyer
In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves. Votes: 3 Alan Hirsch
Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself. Votes: 2 Richard Morris
Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself. Votes: 2 Richard Morris
We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick. Votes: 2 Pope Francis
Joining a new church and starting a new life is never easy and often frightening. Votes: 4 Joseph B. Wirthlin
I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church. Votes: 2 Nicholas Sparks
The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman. Votes: 1 Mario Cuomo
Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers. Votes: 4 Max Muller
One family--we dwell in Him, One church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death. Votes: 3 Charles Wesley
The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society. Votes: 1 Claudio Hummes
In the emerging culture, darkness represents spirituality. We see this in Buddhist temples, as well as Catholic and orthodox churches. Darkness indicates that something serious is happening. Votes: 4 Dan Kimball
We follow the rules laid out in the Bible for running our church. Votes: 4 William Brewster
Stop looking for the perfect church. It does not exist. Even if it did exist, the moment we joined it, it would no longer be perfect! Votes: 6 Nicky Gumbel
I think there's an awful lot of noise about the Church being persecuted but there is a more real issue that the conventional churches face - that the people who are really driving their revival and success believe in an old-time religion which, in my view, is incompatible with a modern, multi-ethnic, multicultural society. Votes: 1 Trevor Phillips
Pope Paul III was the greatest thief in the history of the church. Votes: 1 Peter O'Toole
I've played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice. Votes: 2 Eric Church
A dynamic praying church must be built from the inside out, employing all four levels of prayer: the secret closet, the family altar, small group praying and finally, the congregational setting. Votes: 3 Richard Burr
The church as a whole has strayed quite far from biblical evangelism; that is, sharing the Gospel in the way that Jesus did, the way the Apostle Paul did, and the rest of the disciples and prophets in Scripture. Votes: 1 Kirk Cameron
We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity. Votes: 1 Pope Francis
It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church, and separation of church and state was never meant to separate God from government. Votes: 1 Roy Moore
It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church, and separation of church and state was never meant to separate God from government. Votes: 1 Roy Moore
Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God. Votes: 1 Pope Francis
Our public schools began as ministries of the church; now it is time to return them to the Lord. Votes: 1 Jay Alan Sekulow
I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from Jewish and Catholic, and Presbyterian and Holy Rollers and Revival Churches, and I do this voluntarily. Votes: 1 Pete Seeger
The Marrying Season' is the final book in the 'Legend of St. Dwynwen' series, and in each of the three books, a small village church in the Cotswolds plays a significant role. Votes: 2 Candace Camp
The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised me as a martyr; the Church established by law transformed me into an unbeliever and an antagonist. Votes: 3 Annie Besant
I didn't want to go to college - I was bored by junior high. So I was in church one day, staring at the stained glass windows and thinking about things, when suddenly I decided that if I could start selling cartoons to magazines, they'd let me quit high school. Votes: 1 Brad Holland
I didn't want to go to college - I was bored by junior high. So I was in church one day, staring at the stained glass windows and thinking about things, when suddenly I decided that if I could start selling cartoons to magazines, they'd let me quit high school. Votes: 1 Brad Holland
The separation of Church and State in everything relating to taxation should be absolute. Votes: 4 James A. Garfield
I began to expand my personal service in the church, and to search more diligently for a closer relationship with God among my different business, professional and political interests. Votes: 3 Jimmy Carter
My advice to a new husband is nothing more than 'husbands, love your wives.' And 'love your wife as Christ has loved the church.' Never forget that you are Christ's representative in serving your wife. Votes: 1 J. I. Packer
My advice to a new husband is nothing more than 'husbands, love your wives.' And 'love your wife as Christ has loved the church.' Never forget that you are Christ's representative in serving your wife. Votes: 1 J. I. Packer
My advice to a new husband is nothing more than 'husbands, love your wives.' And 'love your wife as Christ has loved the church.' Never forget that you are Christ's representative in serving your wife. Votes: 1 J. I. Packer
I've been singing forever; I grew up singing in church. Votes: 4 Sevyn Streeter
The roots of copyright lie in censorship. It was easy for state and church to control thought by controlling the scribes, but then the printing press came along and the authorities worried that they couldn't control official thought as easily. Votes: 3 Stephan Kinsella
Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church. Votes: 1 Lynn Johnston
In the early 1800s, religion was often used as a way to keep slavery in place. Slaves were forced to attend the church of their owners, listen to selective dogma that kept them obedient and subservient. Votes: 1 Sue Monk Kidd
Sunday morning church service is not an enormous priority; spending time with other believers is. Votes: 3 Donald Miller
I agree with the idea that there is a separation of church and state. That teachers should not be leading prayer - a particular kind of prayer in classrooms. Votes: 1 Ken Buck
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. Votes: 1 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish. Votes: 3 Billy Graham
What I think is that we in the church - and especially I as an Archbishop - I'm responsible for maintaining our rules, and making sure we hold to unity in the Body of Christ. Votes: 1 George Carey
The Westboro Baptist Church is no more a church than Church's Fried Chicken is a church. Votes: 6 Jon Stewart
What the church is really concerned about is what endures. Votes: 2 Donald Wuerl
I'm agnostic because I went through the usual process of parents insisting you go to church, and yet they didn't. So there's me, sitting in the chairs, thinking, 'Jeez, why am I here? I'd rather be playing tennis, seriously.' Votes: 1 Ridley Scott
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. Votes: 2 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory? Votes: 1 Charles de Lint
You are not indispensable to your church, but you are indispensable to your family. Votes: 1 Adam Hamilton
I was baptized as an infant. I was confirmed as an adolescent; I was active in my church's youth group and in my university student group. I was married before the church's altar; trained at the church's seminaries, ordained deacon and priest at age 24. Votes: 1 John Shelby Spong