598 quotes found
“Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than they love the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their personal intentions may be eve...”
“The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.”
“Your right of religious freedom ends where my right of religious abstinence begins...”
“The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God.”
“The filling of the Holy Spirit brings a sharp separation between the believer and the world.Actually, after Pentecost, they were looking at another world. They really saw another world.Nowadays, we...”
“But in every church there are people who, for reasons which seem sufficient to them, do not approve of their pastor and seek to harry him and bully him into some condition pleasing to themselves. T...”
“When pursued it becomes clear that this separation between one's self and the Church usually stems from deep unresolved pain or dissatisfaction rooted in early religious upbringing. Sometimes it ar...”
“We have often done well knowing the mind of God in our churches today. We have not done as well knowing His heart. We have largely become a church that pursues insights, principles, and theological...”
“The Church is full of Hypocrites!" Yes, it is, and thank God for that, it means the church is doing its job. The church wants hypocrites, adulterers, thieves, and more, for the church is where we r...”
“The church I had loved so much was not a good place for me to hear the sound of my own voice. There was room for my talent but no room for my voice. The preachers voice was too loud. Teachings root...”
“There is good even in church people. You find it hard to believe, right? Jesus never shut the door on religious people. He just made sure that they understand He was that door, and not their deeds ...”
“When I look at the Church today, not just in Africa but worldwide, it seems to me that we have come to love darkness even if we are called Church or some other religious names.”
“Royce Westmoreland stared at him with biting scorn. "I despise hypocrisy, particularly when it is coated with holiness.""May I ask for a specific example?""Fat priests," Royce replied, "with fat pu...”
“Tea Party adherents seemed to arrive at their dislike of the federal government via three routes--through their religious faith (the government curtailed the church, they felt), through hatred of t...”
“My politics is my religion, my religion is my politics.”
“The governments and their policies have failed, the church is the last hope of the common man, I value a church that is a home for all.”
“Government should not be involved in marriage at all, I believe. Theres no reason for it. I dont get the value of my marriage government, I get it from God. I want the government out of my life. If...”
“My vision of the gathered church that had come to me... had been replaced by a vision of the gathered community. What I saw now was the community imperfect and irresolute but held together by the f...”
“There is an obsession in the Church with sin management. People think more about their sins than about their redemption through Jesus”
“Grace has a face. It is Jesus Christ.”
