Quotes about church
church devil legendary
The absurd and legendary devil is the enigma of the Church. L. Frank Baum
church mankind meetings
They are universal places, like churches, hallowed meeting places of all mankind. Iris Murdoch
church ornaments able
The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament. Igor Stravinsky
church messages said
In many churches, the message of justification- how to get right with God- is preached over and over again. But much less is said about sanctification- how to live after you're converted. Nancy Pearcey
church authority genesis
It's time for a new Reformation in the Church--to call the Church back to the authority of the Word of God, beginning in Genesis. Ken Ham
church high percent property question soon
About 75 percent (of the congregation) attends church at the high school. It's a comfortable rental space, but there's no question that we'd like to get into our own property as soon as we can.
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.
church covenant remember
I am verily persuaded the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of His holy word. I beseech you, remember (it is an article of your church covenant) that you be ready to receive whatever truth shall be made known to you from the word of God. John Robinson
church elements matter
There were theoretical elements in the subjection of women and it is not possible to avoid the conclusion that a large contribution was made to them by the Church. In part this was a matter of its hostile stance towards sexuality. John Roberts
church done legislature
In regard to education, something has been done by the Provincial Legislature but to build churches, and to place clergymen is a work of greater difficulty. John Strachan
church turns spread
The gospel creates the church, which spreads the gospel, which creates more churches, which in turn spread the gospel further ad infinitum. John Stott
church body spirit
As a body without breath is a corpse, so the church without the Spirit is dead.
church principles deaf
A deaf church is a dead church: that is an unalterable principle.
church normal use
Where I can preach I do preach and where I can't I still preach with love but just not the normal words we usually use in church. Nick Vujicic
church path kingdoms
The Church is simply the path of history, and not the actual kingdom of God. Nikolai Berdyaev
church slides granted
It's very easy for a church just to slide along from week to week, taking it for granted that we do our services like this and that, and we celebrate the sacraments like this and that. N. T. Wright
church kingdoms spirit
Without God's Spirit, there is nothing we can do that will count for God's kingdom. Without God's Spirit, the church simply can't be the church.
church demise decline
The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built.
church facts separation
Church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact - religion and politics should not be mingled. Millard Fillmore
church christ creation
However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of divine nature. John Polkinghorne
church welcome egotism
Welcome to the church of me. Paula Cole
church way looks
You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way. Philip Seymour Hoffman