Quotes of: Roman-catholic-church Keyword

Awakening is the ultimate of religion. Religion is, not really, in believing something outside of your being. It is not in believing or following some authoritative figure, the church, temple, organization or any ideological system of belief. Religio...

Awakening Inner Guru

If there is no laughter, Jesus has gone somewhere else. If there is no joy and freedom, it is not a church: it is simply a crowd of melancholy people basking in a religious neurosis. If there is no celebration, there is no real worship.

Approaching God: Accepting the Invitation to Stand in the Presence of God

There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.

Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language

Far from seeking to justify, as does the Church, the necessity of torments and afflictions, he cried, in his outraged pity: 'If a God has made this world, I should not wish to be that God. The world's wretchedness would rend my heart.

Against Nature

Here is a very simple and trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: If it's not about Christ, it's not Christianity.

It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

A piece of paper doesn't make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet.

It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

Forgiveness of sins is great, but I'd rather have the ability to quit doing the things I keep needing forgiveness for.

It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

Justin Martyr explained the distinction and the sameness of the Father and the Son with the analogy of a candle. The flame can pass from one candle to another without changing in quality or diminishing the first.

From Jesus to Christianity: A History of the Early Church

Grace has not been well understood by the post-modern church let alone applied as post-moderns in our lives as a reality that Christ secured for us." ~R. Alan Woods [2012]

The Journey Is The Destination: A Photo Journal

Addressing the concept of man made additions to the faith - “These additions- standards, practices, and allegiances supposedly created for our spiritual benefit- have had the opposite effect.

A Simpler Faith: Hope For Those Who Struggle With Church

Hundreds of young barefoot, long-haired, newly converted believers flocked to the church, and they brought their guitars with them.

The Story of Our Songs: Drawing Strength from the Great Hymns of Our Faith

Stay in church, stay in prayer, stay in the Word, and stay in fellowship with other believers.

Mercy Moves Mountains: Heart-Gripping Stories of God's Extraordinary Mercy and Grace to Troubled Young Girls

I don't subscribe to any religion so it didn't matter to me if I prayed in a shrine, temple, or church. Butbe cause I was asking for so much I assumed Buddha and the Christian God wouldn't even listen

Missin' (Novel)

I cried at the funeral. It wasn’t because I loved her, it was because I was there, in the front pew at the church, chopping onions.

My love can only occupy one person at a time

Charity felt rather snoozy after the long sermon, and she was really very grateful when Reverend Meeps offered her a cup of tea. Church was not so bad when the minister remembered you were only human.

Mr. Wrong

Grace is my favourite church word. A state of being. Something you can pray for. Something God can grant. Something you can obtain. Perfection is out of reach. But grace -- grace you can reach for.

Living Dead Girl

God's voice is usually nothing more than a whisper, and you have to listen very carefully to hear it. But other times, in those rarest of moments, the answer is obvious and rings as loud as a church bell.

The Last Song

I'm an atheist, but I believe in art. I go to galleries like my mother went to church. It helps me understand the way I live.

Seven Days in the Art World

But I do like churches. The way it feels inside. It feels good when you just sit there, like you're in a forest and everything's really quiet, except there's still this sound you can't hear.

The Things They Carried

Give me a child until he is seven, thought Tom, and he is forever after mine. When the Fascists say it, they're bums and kidnappers, but when the Church says it, it is known as putting a kid on the right track.

Peyton Place

The ministry of the church is a genuine concern for others. We need to stop talking about it and start doing it. Rise. Rise and shine, friend. Everyone you meet today is on heaven's Most Wanted list.

Rise & Shine: A Wake Up Call