Quotes by Baptists I have never been brought up a Catholic - I mean, a Roman Catholic - we're all Catholics, aren't we? We're Protestant Catholics, whether we're from Methodist or Baptist or what. Aimee Semple McPherson baptistscatholicmean My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today. Al Sharpton baptistschurchage All would wish to be saved and to enjoy the glory of paradise; but to gain heaven, it is necessary to walk in the straight road that leads to eternal bliss. This road is the observance of the divine commandments. Hence, in his preaching, the Baptist exclaimed: Make straight the way of the Lord. Alphonsus Liguori baptistswishheaven He got me a cup of tea with honey, toast with honey, yogurt with honey, like I was John the Baptist with the flu. Anne Lamott yogurtbaptiststea I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up. Bear Grylls baptistsgrowing-uprobins I was overcome by the Holy Ghost one time, but in a Baptist way. I was six or seven, and I was saved. I just cried and cried. It was joy! Beth Ditto baptistsovercomingjoy Although I was brought up in a culturally and religious conservative culture, as a Baptist I was taught that no one has the right to subpoena your conscience. Bill Moyers baptistsreligiousculture Baptists burn more slowly. Billy Bragg baptists God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better. Billy Graham baptistsreligiousgod When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates. Billy Graham baptistsfamilysociety This is going to be an old fashioned Baptist camp meeting with old fashioned singing, preaching and testifying. Brandon Marshall baptistssingingold-fashioned The fundamentalists were equally stymied. “We were worried about Adam and Steve,” a Baptist minister said. “Should we have been more worried about Rover and Fluffy? Charlaine Harris fluffybaptistsworried A rejoicing heart soon makes a praising tongue. Charles Spurgeon baptistsheartjoy I grew up Southern Baptist, so my experience was fairly conservative. Not archly so, but I think Memphis - when you get to certain parts of Memphis - are more liberal for sure. But I grew up, until I was about 13 or 14, in a section called Whitehaven, and then we moved to a suburb called Germantown - which is a pretty conservative area. Chris Parnell baptistssouthernthinking If there was anything I learned from John the Baptist, it was that the sooner you confess a mistake, the quicker you can get on to making new and better mistakes. Christopher Moore john-the-baptistbaptistsmistake My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptist, and when I got old enough to say I didn't want to go to church, she didn't force me. She was cool. Curtis Jackson baptistsgrandmotherchurch Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist Church. Dave Hickey baptistscivilitychurch You see, I was the son of a baptist minister. DeForest Kelley ministersbaptistsson I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster. E. O. Wilson baptistsadherencesouthern I am perhaps being a bit facetious but if some of my good Baptist brethren in Georgia had done a little preaching from the pulpitagainst the K.K.K. in the '20s, I would have a little more genuine American respect for their Christianity! Franklin D. Roosevelt baptistsprejudicedone1234»
