Quotes about church
church speak certain
Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church. Tony Campolo
church wells knows
Well you say that it's gospel, But I know that it's only church. Tom Waits
church late 1960s
Our church has been legal since late 1960s. I've been involved since 1972. I was ordained in 1975. Sally Kirkland
church taught sin
I always had a problem with original sin; I always had a problem with the exclusivity of the church and a lot of the things that the nuns taught me. Susan Sarandon
church doe add
The Church of Christ, zealous and cautious guardian of the dogmas deposited with it, never changes any phase of them. It does not diminish them or add to them; it neither trims what seems necessary now grafts things superfluous . . . but it devotes all its diligence to one aim: To treat tradition faithfully and wisely; to consolidate and to strengthen what already was clear; and to guard what already was confirmed and defined. St. Vincent
church missions
We as a church don't have a mission. The mission has a Church. Reggie McNeal
church apologizing opinion
You don't need to apologize for an opinion, but in terms of respect for the church and people's faith lives, Hillary Clinton has that respect, because it's what motivates her. Tim Kaine
church membership sacred
Each holy temple stands as a symbol of our membership in the Church, as a sign of our faith in life after death, and as a sacred step toward eternal glory for us and our families. Russell M. Nelson
church development matter
It doesn't do to say that heresy produces the development of doctrine, because that annoys the theologians. But it is true to say that as a matter of history the development of doctrine has been largely a reaction on the Church's part to the attacks of heresy. Ronald Knox
church tears shed
More tears are shed in playhouses than in churches. Thomas Guthrie
church deals catholicism
She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts. Thomas B. Macaulay
church literature world
And I found both literature and the church very dramatic presences in the world of the 1950s. Thomas Keneally
church doctrine should
A preacher's life should be a commentary upon his doctrine... Heavenly doctrines should always be adorned with a heavenly life. Thomas Brooks
church four remember
I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot. Victoria Jackson
church worship amen
When you come to church, when you worship Him, you're not doing it for God really. You're doing it for yourself, because that's what makes God happy. Amen? Victoria Osteen
church-growth way strategy
Church growth strategies are the death gurgle of a church that has lost its way. Stanley Hauerwas
church strategy social
The church doesn’t have a social strategy, the church is a social strategy.
church helping bathroom
As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it. Ronald Blythe
church culture world
In the Church, when we talk about 'the world', we often create an us and them situation and end up planting the seeds of all that we feel wrong with the world in the soil of our own backyard. Steve Scott
church matthew episcopalians
I go to St. Matthews in Pacific Palisades, an Episcopal Church. Stephen Collins
church wrecks want
Pass the pub that wrecks your body And the church, all they want is your money Steven Morrissey
church criticism target
Theology, not morality, is the first business on the church's agenda of reform, and the church, not society, is the first target of divine criticism. Michael Horton
church generations may
So it may be a language that separates you - again, social networks. But second-generation Asian and Hispanics, second, and third and fourth and so on, they are much more likely to be in integrated churches than are blacks or whites. Michael Emerson
church study yeah
But what we found in the study is that churches are ten times less diverse than the neighborhoods they sit in. So there's something more going on than just reflecting the neighborhood, yeah.
church danger
In churches, we live with the danger of one-way verbal traffic. Ravi Zacharias
church reimagining financial
There are financial bankruptcies in many parts of the church. No question about that. But we see the possibility of reimagining and revitalizing the church. Shane Claiborne
church noahs-ark stink
The church is like Noah's ark. It stinks, but if you get out of it, you'll drown.
church flags wonder
It is a dangerous day when we can take the cross out of the church more easily than the flag. No wonder it is hard for seekers to find God nowadays.
church together tables
That is the power of the Eucharist. At the communion table you have rich and poor together in the early church and they were being challenged.
church important cost
Photographers represented occasions once. You dressed for them as you might for church; they cost money, they recorded important moments. Michael Lesy
church firsts doe
God is decreeing to begin some newand great period in his Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. What does he then but reveal Himself to his servants, and as his manner is, first to his Englishmen? John Milton
church scripture cases
In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church. John Wesley
church world changing-the-world
The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.