Quotes About Church

I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace for me.

I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace for me. I never close my door behind me without the awareness that I am carrying out an act of mercy toward myself. Cantor

Although around 43 percent of Americans claim to go to church, only about 17 to 20.4 percent actually went to church last weekend.

In some ways, pastoring a church is like competing in an extreme sport where you run through a dense pack of grizzly bears every Sunday. On one hand, it's a rush. On the other hand, you quickly become aware of just how hostile a church environment can be.

The further down the Catholic Church hierarchy one looks, the more brave and principled behavior one finds.

I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace for me. I never close my door behind me without awareness that I'm carrying out an act of mercy toward myself.

A church characterized by a small experience of forgiveness will be characterized by a small expression of love.

Christianity is the heresy of heresies, the underlying cause of the weakness, lethargy, sickness, and failure of the modern church.

La incapacidad de relativizar el sentido común cuando abordamos la Biblia tiene efectos perniciosos en la teología y, por ende, en la vida eclesial y en la evangelización.

tolerancia fomenta la ética individual, y no confía en el compromiso. No es casualidad que el Nuevo Testamento piense que la relación entre Cristo y la iglesia es análoga a la que existe entre el marido y la mujer; o de que hoy día la gente se muestre reacia a entrar en el acto matrimonial.

I have a much wider, freer view about spirituality. I feel that people need to pursue it on their own, personally. You know, let it be theirs - a personal relationship with their soul, or their God, or with their church.

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.

And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephenís death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.