Quotes of: Churches Keyword

Just in relation to women, it's not that huge an imaginative leap to see the connection between the Taliban and the Catholic Church.

Peter Mullan

Without money one cannot go anywhere, not even to church.

Croatian

He who is near the Church is often far from God.

French

Let the devil get into the church, and he will mount the altar.

German

I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote - where no c...

John F. Kennedy

Suffering often draws us closer to God. Instead of being a sign of God's punishment or distance, suffering can purify us, lead us into the heart of God, and transform our souls.

Confessions of a Mega Church Pastor: How I Discovered the Hidden Treasures of the Catholic Church

You and I are part of the colony of heaven. Right now, we may reside here on earth, but our passport indicates that our citizenship is in heaven. We are the earth, but not the earth.

Confessions of a Mega Church Pastor: How I Discovered the Hidden Treasures of the Catholic Church

Every church has a marketing plan! The only difference is that some are better than others! When I think of marketing I think of building a relationship with those within reach of your ministry who know nothing about your church or are disconnected f...

First Steps for Planting a Missional Church

A missionary church cannot rely on the professional ministry for the primary work of mission. The role of the laity is critical because it is the lay members of the church who have the greatest contact with those who are outside of the normal structu...

The Faith Of The Unbeliever

It is not possible to understand the NT concept of the church if we overlook the numerous metaphors used to portray it. The church is Christ's body, a temple, a family, a royal priesthood, twelve tribes, the chosen race, Abraham's children, the new c...

How To Understand the Bible

God has always been about the business of shattering expectations, and in our culture, the standards of leadership are extroverted. It perfectly follows the biblical trend that God would choose the unexpected and the culturally "unfit" - like introve...

Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture

I don't want Church to be like all those dead pets! she burst out, suddenly tearful and furious. I don't want Church to ever be dead! He's my cat! He's not God's cat! Let God have all the damn old cats He wants, and kill them all! Church is mine!

Stephen King

At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.

Gareth Gates

Membership is the church's corporate endorsement of a person's salvation.

Nine Marks of a Healthy Church

The best music of my life I heard at my grandmother's church, this little wooden church up on a hill.

Mavis Staples

I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that.

Martin Sheen

And they turned around and leased it to The Assembly Of God Churches - their headquarters are in Springfield, Missouri. They leased it to them for the first year. Then, after the first year, they will donate it to the church.

Mel Tillis

I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.

Park Chan-wook

A lot of people who are religious, I think they get lost. They go to church just to go to church.

Justin Bieber

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.

Dan Simmons

Music was a central part of my childhood because my mother played organ and piano in the church, and that meant all us kids had to be in the church choir.

Michael Franti