If outside forces and culture were the reasons behind declining and non-influential churches, we would likely have no churches today. The greatest periods of growth, particularly the first-century growth, took place in adversarial cultures. We are not hindered by external forces; we are hindered by our own lack of commitment and selflessness.
Thom S. RainerTags: church persecution
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
Helen KellerTags: kindness love devil religion church satan loving ennui
Very occasionally, a simplified form of communion and of adult baptism for new members of the church would be enacted but no Separatist was ever married in church, because there is no hint of a marriage ceremony in scripture and the primitive church had not considered marriage a sacrament before AD 537.
Adam NicolsonTags: history marriage church sacrament
Too many Christians reverse New Covenant commands as we seek, through condemnation of the world, the return of the never-existent, demonic myth of the "Christian Nation"!
Gary PattonTags: christianity church spirituality judging christian-nation
The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is in harmony with torture, with flaying alive, and with burnings. The men who burned their fellow-men for a moment, believed that God would burn his enemies forever.
Robert G. IngersollTags: scripture religion church suffering punishment torture heresy torment
Government should not be involved in marriage at all, I believe. There’s no reason for it. I don’t get the value of my marriage government, I get it from God. I want the government out of my life. If you want to find a church that marries a gay couple, that’s totally fine. My church does not do that and it will fundamentally change what i believe is the eternal family, the basic building block. And I have a right to believe that, and I have a right to go to a church that believes that and we have a right to practice. As long as I’m not trying to force you to do anything.
Glenn BeckTags: marriage church government gay-marriage
Grace has a face. It is Jesus Christ.
John Paul WarrenTags: grace church gospel john-paul-warren
Yesterday is the last day of the past. Tomorrow is brimming with hope, so today is meant to lived large. Enjoy your moments!
David GrachekTags: inspirational religion church religious pastor
Spiritual maturity is not defined by how well one applies Biblical principles to “suppress sin”.
John Paul WarrenTags: grace church sin temptation pastor-john-paul-warren
There is an obsession in the Church with sin management. People think more about their sins than about their redemption through Jesus
John Paul WarrenTags: grace church sin gospel pastor-john-paul-warren
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