Quotes About Church

Vonita, God rest her soul, used to say that if men were the ones to get pregnant, abortion would probably be a sacrament. The Super Bowl halftime show would celebrate it. Men who had terminated pregnancies would be asked to stand and be applauded at church for the courage to make that decision. Viagra would be sold with a coupon for three free abortions.

You know... how it feels to sit at a bar and not be judged- to just have a drink and let it all hang out. Why can't the church be more like that? Why can't you walk in and say, Oh, God, it's just you. Cool. I can be myself now. Not in a way that ignores our sins- but in a way that makes us accountable for them.

You heard form Jacob these days? No, which is the way I wish it to be, Aaron said quietly. Ephram shook his head. He was banned from the Church, Aaron. Not from your life. They're the same to me. That's the thing I don't understand, you know. Since forgiveness is the very first rule. -Plain Truth

the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, once completed, became for the church the "only external means of divine supernatural illumination.

Many forget that most of the greatest theologians God has given to the church were also pastors and teachers in the local church.

Preaching was uniquely honored by God "in that it serveth to collect the church and to accomplish the number of the elect" and also "it driveth away the wolves from the folds of the Lord.

Quarrels and acts of violence go hand in hand with the ceremonious abdication of all pride, of which they are the reverse. Noble families disputed fiercely for that same precedence in church by which they courteously pretended to set little store.

As often as possible, Mrs Smythe would occupy a pew in the parish church and nod approvingly as the vicar sermonised on the evils of the world. From time to time he would catch her eye and beam a smile. He approved of her doings, being quite a champion of such Muscular Christianity.

We're not at all like the rest of Georgia. We have a saying: If you go to Atlanta, the first question people ask you is, 'What's your business?' In Macon they ask, 'Where do you go to church?' In Augusta they ask your grandmother's maiden name. But in Savannah the first question people ask you is 'What would you like to drink?

Because the Western church has emphasized the work Jesus did for us as Savior rather than His position as Lord, lack of submission to His position of authority creates a significant fault in our foundation. Hear

God has brought His Church into the wilderness. Spiritually, America is a dry and thirsty land. Our time of testing is at hand. God once again watches to see whether His people will seek His face or His hand. His face represents His character and nature; it denotes a relationship. His hand represents His provision and power. If you seek only His hand, you may not recognize His face. But if you know the face, you will know His hand.

Quando você está fora da vontade de Deus, você não será uma bênção, nem será auxílio em nenhuma igreja. Quando você está fora da vontade de Deus, até os bons relacionamentos ficarão estremecidos. Nós estávamos fora da vontade de Deus.

God's answer for our shortcomings is the gift of salvation through His gift of grace, a gift that cannot be earned (Rom. 4:4). Many in the church understand this. Yet we have failed to emphasize the power of grace not only to redeem us but also to grant us its ability to live our lives in a totally different manner.

When the church is infected and diseased with a lack of the fear of the Lord, it will be unable to help society.

I've always felt that the Catholic Church has the same relationship to God as a fish has to a bicycle.

It's not so long ago that men of your ilk believed in witches and superstition," I pointed out. "Medieval times," he said, waving a hand in the air to dismiss the notion. "This is 1867. The Church has come a long way since then.

admittance into the true church of Christ is based on regeneration, not merely on an affirmation of a creed or doctrine. The

As the presence and name of God are dreadful and fearful in the church, so is his worship and service. I say his worship, or the works of service to which we are by him enjoined while we are in this world, are dreadful and fearful things.

He hath cause also to walk humbly with God and be little in his own eyes, and to remember withal, that his gifts are not his own, but the churches; and that by them he is made a servant to the church; and he must also give at last an account of his stewardship unto the Lord Jesus, and to give a good account will be a blessed thing.

This restored church stands as a symbol of peace and forgiveness.

Wow my prayers have been answer. Thank you God for touching my brother's heart. His first time coming to chruch in a year.

Blessed is the man is designed to train young men to fulfill their roles as future leaders in their family, church and community life, with an emphasis on growth in Christian character and the development of godly priorities.

In the primitive church, it was customary for the Holy Eucharist to be celebrated on the anniversary of the death of a martyr - if possible, on his tomb.

And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins.