Quotes About Faith

For me, church was about not only religion but about community. A woman in my grandmother's church helped pay for my SAT classes when I was in high school and drove me there every week.

It's much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.

The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day.

Start your week off right by getting back to what is really important - honoring God.

I'm a serious Christian. I take my faith seriously. I try to practice it every day of the week, not just on Sunday.

I really believed music was going to be a big part of my future, and that's why I took a truck driving job, so I could maintain my singing job at night. I put about 30 hours a week just for singing, going between two churches. And in order to afford that, I had to take a full time job so I could do my passion.

In 1981, I borrowed 2,000 pounds - a lot of money back then - paid 50 quid for a seat, packed my own sandwich, and hopped on a plane to America. It was a mighty leap, but one that paid off. A week later, I got a job called 'Remington Steele.'

I am a follower of Jesus Christ. The Bible is my primary way of knowing Him and what it means to follow Him. And I am a pastor, and I teach and preach the Bible to my congregation every week. But the Bible is not a manufacturer's handbook. Neither is it a science textbook nor a guidebook for public policy.

I teach a Bible study for homeless guys in downtown Atlanta every week. Been doing it for years. That's the guys I'd rather go talk to. I'd rather take my act outside the church.

I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot.

In terms of cultural upbringing, I'd be at the temple at the weekend - I'm a Hindu - but I'd also be at the Saints game as well on a Saturday - you do everything, you do both.

If I do not return to the pulpit this weekend, millions of people will go to hell.

Religion that is contained only within a church building is a weekend hobby, not a personal faith.

I get one hour, really 25 minutes in a sermon on a weekend, to combat all the hours of the week that people are told you are what you have through billboards, commercials, and sitcoms, and so forth.

I would say my poise comes from my faith.

I think for us - and for a lot of people in the Church of Satan - we definitely like ruffling people's feathers and poking fun at organized religion a little bit.

Let's let everybody believe what they want to believe. And that means, P.C. police, don't you be coming down on people who believe in God and who believe in Jesus.

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.

We are all on a journey of faith, and we have to polish that faith.

My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework.

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

Religion is a big problem in Israel and the Arab world, but again, the problem isn't religion but political leaders who want to use the religion.

The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.

Islam is not a religion. It's a political system. It has a different set of rules.