Church Quotes - Page 61

I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations.

If the church would only be the church- if Christians would only be Christians- nothing could halt our onward march.

Most church members live so far below the standard, you would have to backslide to be in fellowship with them.

Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.

So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same, will not be looked upon acquiescently by those who have to pay the taxes. . . . I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.

I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.

Because the church has moved away from the gospel anytime you move away from the gospel, you at the same time move toward pretense, you move toward image-keeping, you move toward the need to pretend.

God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you have construct for yourself, or that others have construct for you. He may even use suffering to deconstruct that narrative.

The church does not simply have a missions department; it should wholly exist to be a mission.

If you and your church were to disappear off the face of the earth tomorrow, would anyone in the community around you notice you were gone? And if the community did even notice would they say 'we are really glad they are gone', or 'we are really going to miss them'?

Missionary work is an identifying feature of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Always has it been; ever shall it be.

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

And I found both literature and the church very dramatic presences in the world of the 1950s.

I... [am] convinced [man] has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.

A church is disaffected when it is persecuted, quiet when it is tolerated, and actively loyal when it is favored and cherished.

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

He who does not embrace the teaching of the Church does not have the habit of faith.

One day of good preaching is no match for six days of inconsistent practice. God will never honor His church with complete success until it completely honors Him.

Look, the world is everywhere: satellites, end tables, the pink and white poinsettias outside the church; reunions and degrees. All those radiant asterisks . . . Soon it will all make sense.

What the churches are peddling is high abstraction, and you really have to work yourself up into a lather to be able to accept that as worthy of that kind of attention. The psychedelic subset of society is into an experience, and it's accessible.

O father, father Gone from us, lost to us, The church lies bereft, Alone, Desecrated, desolated. And the heathen shall build On the ruins Their world without God. I see it. I see it.

Most of what I have seen, the churches that are growing are the best are those that are nondenominational. But I don't think it's because they are nondenominational. I think that there's a certain method by which they go about reaching out to people that are not as traditional as your mainland churches generally do.

Pass the pub that wrecks your body And the church, all they want is your money

I was made to go to church and I heard the gospel songs, and every now then somebody would come through with a guitar and that was a thrill!

I am a Congregationalist with Catholic sensibilities. Which probably explains how I ended up in a Episcopal church.