Khalid: [a lightning goes down in the church, and burns the new oven] God damnit! It was all fresh!
If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture - in, for instance, the editorials of the New York Times or, for that matter, of National Review - there is not much reason to pay it attention.
He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
I'm a church boy. I got whuppin's. So I'm afraid at any moment my grandmother could just swing down from heaven with a switch.
A church is an incubator, a nursery, a grade school. You start where people are and move them to where they need to be.
What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.
Before I had crossed the threshold of my church I was made to realize that I was shepherd of a divided flock.
'Hallelujah' is going to be a standard that our grandkids, our great-great grandkids will learn to sing in church. It's one of those really, really special songs.
Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of power and control. You can control priests who are celibate.
Without vision, a church devolves into a lukewarm, aimless organization characterized by infighting, budget grabbing and a dead heart for the lost.
Somewhere along the line, "Church" became a weekly event rather than a gathering of people who did life together.
Television has greater power over the lives of most Americans than any educational system, government, or church.
Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.
I once dieted so religiously I quit eating in church.
You may invite the entire 35th Division to your wedding if you want to. I guess it's going to be yours as well as mine. We might as well have the church full while we are at it.
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.
We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.
People take sides on political things, such as the Vietnam War. War is immoral and war is wrong, but I don't think the clergy ought to bring it before the Church.
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