“The Hundred Years' War, like the crises of the Church in the same period, broke apart medieval unity.” YearsWarChurchPeriodsHundredCrisisUnityBrokeMedieval Book:A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Source: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
“There are congregations on nearly every corner. I'm not sure we need more churches. What we need is a church. I say one church is better than fifty. I have tried to remove the plural form churches from my vocabulary, training myself to think of the church as Christ did, and as the early Christians did. The metaphors for her are always singular - a body, a bride. I heard one gospel preacher say it like this, as he really wound up and broke a sweat: "We've got to unite ourselves as one body. Because Jesus is coming back, and he's coming back for a bride not a harem.” ThinkingNeedsBodyChristianFormJesusChristChurchHeardTrainingMetaphorCornersWoundsBrokeNot SureFiftyRemoveSweatPreacherVocabularyComing BackBridesCongregationHarem Author:Shane Claiborne
“Take what the old-church found in Mithra's tomb, candle and script and bell, take what the new-church spat upon and broke and shattered.” PoetryFoundChurchPoetScriptsBrokeCandleBellsTombsShatteredSpatsIconoclasmOld Churches Book:Trilogy Source: Trilogy
“In China I told pastors about how, in the West, we have these church buildings and how we go to services each week that last an hour or so. I told them how if we don't like the music or the message then we can go to different buildings and services... They all broke out into laughter. They thought I was the funniest guy they had ever seen.” IfsDifferentLastsGuyHoursChurchWeekBuildingMessagesLaughterWestChinaBrokePastorChurch Buildings Author:Francis Chan
“The reason we're here today is because years ago God broke Reggie Joiner's heart over the state of children.” YearsHeartChildrenStatesReasonTodayChristianLeadershipChurchYears AgoBroke Author:Andy Stanley