Quotes by Church The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come. A. E. Housman church dumb people Millions of Christians can and do go through life attending church, listening to sermons, reciting the creeds and never confront the seeming contradictions, redaction and myths passed off as verifiable history. A. N. Wilson church christian listening I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England. A. N. Wilson church house believe I think that if you can't be loyal to the Church, it's best to get out. A. N. Wilson loyal church thinking I think it is not well known in the Church that payment of tithing has very little to do with money. Tithing has to do with faith. A. Theodore Tuttle church littles thinking I never joined, but I used to go to church now and then. I liked it, because they always passed out plates of money at the end. A. Whitney Brown now-and-then used church It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act. Abbe Pierre sunday church praying Do you recall the laughter of the Philistines at the helpless Sampson? You can hear the echo of that laughter to-day, as the church, shorn of her strength by her own sin, is an object of ridicule to the world, who cry in derision, "Where is your boasted triumph and your Millennial glory? Abbott Eliot Kittredge echoes laughter church A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. Abigail Van Buren church museums religion We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God? Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state. Abraham Joshua Heschel thought-provoking church worry The greatest gift a church can receive is to have a group of families who take their responsibilitie s with such Christian seriousness that they are willing to completely alter their lifestyle to raise up disciples for Jesus Christ. Abraham Kuyper church christian jesus It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ's Church to one's own little community. It is everywhere, in all parts of the world; and whatever its external form, frequently changing, often impure, yet the gifts wherever received increase our riches. Abraham Kuyper community church hands Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life. Abraham Kuyper calvinism church character The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity. Abraham Kuyper austerity poor church God bless the Methodist Church - bless all the churches - and blessed be God, Who, in this our great trial, giveth us the churches. Abraham Lincoln church religious blessed I am the product of the sustained indignation of a branded grandfather, the militant protest of my grandmother, the disciplined resentment of my father and mother, and the power of the mass action of the church. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. church mother father I'm actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend. Adam Savage generations church children Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses... Adlai Stevenson I church golf funny Also noteworthy is the increasingly violent struggle against the dogmatic foundations of the various churches without which in this human world the practical existence of a religious faith is not conceivable. Adolf Hitler church religious struggle Have you ever wondered what a church full of Pharisees would be like? 1. They would all attend every service 2. They would all tithe 3. They would all work in the church 4. They would all go to hell Adrian Rogers pharisees church would-be 1234567891011»