Quotes by Church If there is anyone who's living the work of the New Testament, it's the nuns of the Catholic church and not the Catholic hierarchy. Anna Quindlen hierarchy catholic church the separation of church and state grew out of a desire, not so much to protect government from religion, but to protect religion from government. Anna Quindlen government church desire I would sooner read five lines of the Bible than hear five masses in the "Church". Anne Askew church bible religion One misconception is that if we follow God in the life of faith, and that means obedience - that we read His Word, we're obedient, we pray, we go to church, we do the right things - that somehow His blessing means we're going to be okay. Anne Graham Lotz church blessing mean There were so many outstanding women in scripture that were leaders. And, you know, the organized church sometimes puts boundaries on us that the Bible doesn't. Anne Graham Lotz scripture church leader Better to be cast out of the Church than to deny Christ. Anne Hutchinson deny church christ For you see this scripture fulfilled this day and therefore I desire you as you tender the Lord and the church and commonwealth to consider and look what you do. Anne Hutchinson church desire looks Churches are good for prayer, but so are garages and cars and mountains and showers and dance floors. Anne Lamott car church prayer Once an old woman at my church said the secret is that God loves us exactly the way we are and that he loves us too much to let us stay like this, and I'm just trying to trust that. Anne Lamott church change secret I go to church every Sunday, which is like going to the gas station once a week and really, really filling up. Anne Lamott filling-up sunday church I went to church with my grandparents sometimes and I loved it. Anne Lamott grandparent church sometimes Once I returned to the Church and began to see the universe as a place that really did incorporate redemption and really tried to understand the implications of there being a God, my identification with the vampires as outcasts, as outsiders and lost souls began to totally wane. It no longer worked for me. I had done it. It had led me to this point. Anne Rice vampire church soul It is madness to wear ladies' straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets. Ushers should issue life preservers and signal flares; they should lash us to our pews. For the sleeping God may wake someday and take offense, or the waking God may draw us out to where we can never return. Annie Dillard issues church sleep Why do we people in churches seem like cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute? Annie Dillard cheerful church people Churches, depending on their policy, can do fantastic work with people in the community. Annie Lennox community church people I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church! Anson Mount redemption church want There's a separation of church and state. If you want the perks that churches have traditionally received, then abide by the rules. If you're going to be involved in the political process, even in soft ways, then surrender the privileges. Let ministers pay income tax on all of their income. Let churches pay income tax, let them pay property taxes. They can't have it both ways. You can't pat the politicians on the back, break the rules, and then get all these perks. Anthony B Pinn separation political church Churches can easily bring together, in a short period of time, a substantial number of people, and politicians have to assume that these folks have the potential to vote. Although there's supposed to be a separation of church and state, they want to go to these churches to say hello to the people, and they assume their hello might turn into votes. Anthony B Pinn church together people The problem is poverty. And it hides the problem. We often associate black churches with a history of protest. But prosperity gospel and megachurches tend to be rather soft on political issues. T.D. Jakes doesn't take a major stand on political issues. Creflo Dollar certainly doesn't. Anthony B Pinn black political church The ministers argue that within the context of scripture there's a requirement given by God that you've got to give ten percent of your income to the church. And if you give ten percent - here's the hook - God is going to reward your faithfulness by giving you that ten percent back, and a whole lot more. Anthony B Pinn hook church giving «678910111213141516»