Lionel was filled with awful remorse. He asked where had Thomas been last seen, and the boy told him he was headed for the church. Lionel nodded and went home to fetch his shotgun. Throughout the crisis he had done no violence, preferring to preach t...
The church exists primarily for two closely correlated purposes: to worship God and to work for his kingdom in the world ... The church also exists for a third purpose, which serves the other two: to encourage one another, to build one another up in ...
An acquaintanceship with the literature of the world may be won by any person who will devote half an hour a day to the careful reading of the best books. The habit of reading good books is one that gives great comfort in all the stages and among all...
Finally, it is wrong to say that "nothing" is more basic to the identity of the church than suffering. Nothing is more basic to the identity of the institutional church than the preaching of the gospel, the correct administration of the sacraments, a...
We are asking if thought can be aware of itself. That is rather a complex question, and requires very careful observation. Thought has created wars through nationalism, through sectarian religions. Thought has created all this; God has not created th...
My 'morals' were sound, even a bit puritanic, but when a hidebound old deacon inveighed against dancing I rebelled. By the time of graduation I was still a 'believer' in orthodox religion, but had strong questions which were encouraged at Harvard. In...
Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution.
You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.
There are enough churches already, but the world still needs salvation.
It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus.
One of the challenges of the church is to accept humanity for all it is.
The Church is going to have to recognise that secularisation is not the cause of their decline, it is the result of it.
I always go to church on Sundays and Bible study on Tuesdays.
I never heard a Christian sermon preached in a church.
The mission of the church is to make the world a holy place.
I've tried to be active in civic organizations as well as the Church.
Even at church, people would not shake my hand.
I think that if you can't be loyal to the Church, it's best to get out.
The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.
All churches and all religions contain aspects of the truth, but only God is truth.
For individuals to become fully active in the Church, they generally must experience a spiritual conversion and a social integration.
