Church Quotes - Page 59

Must we, under the happy hope of a false tranquility, sacrifice to the people in power the public welfare, and under vain pretence of preserving the peace, abandon the empire to robbers who would plunder it

I think Jeremiah is for our times. But whether the church in the west will listen to the Word of God today any more than in the chaos of 7th century BC middle east... Only God knows.

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.

The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable of assimilating the most diverse materials and imprinting her own image upon them.

If we claim heritage in Bacon, Shakespeare and Milton, we also acknowledge that it was for liberties guaranteed Englishmen by sacred charters our fathers triumphantly fought. While wisely rejecting throne and caste and privilege and an Established Church in their new-born state, they adopted the substance of English liberty and the body of English law.

In proportion as a church is holy, in that proportion will its testimony for Christ be powerful.

Persecution is the heirloom of the church, and the ensign of the elect.

The church's job is to equip the saints for works of service in the world.

I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician.

Officially, the New Testament church at an early stage took seriously their responsibility for widows who lacked family or other resources. The office of deacon was instituted initially to address this pressing need.

Becoming Catholic involves entering into a relationship with the Catholic Church.

I believe there is no doctrine more dangerous to the Church today than to convey the impression that a revival is something peculiar in itself and cannot be judged by the same rules of causes and effect as other things.

Unless you have made a complete surrender and are doing his will it will avail you nothing if you've reformed a thousand times and have your name on fifty church records.

Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out.

A powerless church has nothing for the devil to counterfeit.

I look at tens of thousands of church leaders who still do need a bit of an awakening.

Leadership in church is one of the biggest challenges that the Church is facing because without strong leadership, the church rarely lives out its redemptive potentials.

The Church will never reach her full redemptive potential until men and women with the leadership gift step up and lead.

I'm not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis. The specific elements of Christianity are not something I'm a huge believer in.

I went to a church where you could not sing out loud in the service until you had been saved

But I make a distinction between the doctrines of the Church, which matter, and the structure invented by half a dozen Italians who got to be pope and which is of very little use to anybody.

I think it is going to be very difficult for any church that still calls itself a church, never to try and convince someone that their religion is the best one.

The Catholic church, once all her assets have been put together, is the most formidable stockbroker in the world. The Vatican, independently of each successive pope, has been increasingly orientated towards the U.S. The Wall Street Journal said that the Vatican's financial deals in the U.S. alone were so big that very often it sold or bought gold in lots of a million or more dollars at one time.

I visualize the day that tridents and pentagrams are thrust into the sky from church roofs instead of crosses.

I go to church every Sunday, which is like going to the gas station once a week and really, really filling up.