Church quotes

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◆ Isn't it funny how the memories you cherish before a breakup can become your worst enemies afterwards? The thoughts you loved to think about, the memories you wanted to hold up to the light and view from every angle--it suddenly seems a lot safer to lock them in a box, far from the light of day and throw away the key. It's not an act of bitterness. It's an act if self-preservation. It's not always a bad idea to stay behind the window and look out at life instead, is it?

- Ally Condie100

◆ Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

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◆ Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches

- St Thomas Aquinas99

◆ The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church

- Ferdinand Magellan99

◆ Some go to church to see and be seen, Some go there to say they have been, Some go there to sleep and nod, But few go there to worship God

- Proverb99

◆ Church isnt where you meet. Church isnt a building. Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Lets not go to Church, lets be the Church.

- Bridget Willard99

◆ I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so

- Saint Augustine99

◆ I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.

- Dame Edith Sitwell99

◆ Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

- Joel Osteen99

◆ The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.

- James Carville99

◆ The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

- Bill Hybels99

◆ The religions are all alike, no matter what they call themselves. They have no future- certianly none for the Germans. Facism, if it likes, may come to terms with the Church. So shall I. Why not? That will not prevent me from tearing up Christianity root and branch, and annihilating it in Germany.

- Adolf Hitler99

◆ You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it.

- Bible99

◆ We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides

- Saint Ignatius Of Loyola99

◆ The American idea is a free church in a free state, and a free and unsectarian public school in every ward and every village with its door wide open to children of all races and every creed

- Henry Cabot Lodge99