“Astronomers who do not draw theistic or deistic conclusions are becoming rare, and even the few dissenters hint that the tide is against them. Geoffrey Burbidge, of the University of California at San Diego, complains that his fellow astronomers are rushing off to join 'the First Church of Christ of the Big Bang.'” FirstsBigsChristChurchAtheismBecomingDrawsFellowsUniversityComplainingConclusionCaliforniaTidesBangsHintsRushingAstronomersSan DiegoChurch Of Christ Author:Hugh Ross
“Is this really the church of Christ, or are we just calling it the church because of our traditions and history?” ChristChurchCallingTraditionChurch Of Christ Author:K.P. Yohannan
“No one statement wrested from its context is a sufficient warrant for actions that plainly controvert other commands. How excellent a thing it would be if the whole Church of Christ had learned that no law of life may be based upon an isolated text. Every false teacher who has divided the Church, has had, "it is written" on which to hang his doctrine.” IfsMayWholeWould BeActionLawChristChurchTeacherWrittenStatementsDoctrineCommandExcellentSufficientDividedIsolatedWarrantsLaws Of LifeChurch Of Christ Author:G. Campbell Morgan
“The utter folly of our time is lamentable, that men should think to assist God with human help and to protect the Church of Christ by worldly ambition.” ThinkingMenShouldHumansHelpingChristChurchAtheismProtectAmbitionPositive AtheismOur TimeFollyWorldlyChurch Of Christ Author:Hilary of Poitiers
“The church itself has got to go outside of its own borders and carry the gospel to ev'ry creature, or it is no church of Christ; and any mutual improvement club which thinks that by reading its Shakspearo, or by acting its pretty tableaux, or by having. this or that little reading from Spenser and from Chaucer, it is going to lift itself up into any higher order of culture or life, is wholly mistaken, unless as an essential part of its duty, it goes out into the world, finds those that are falling down, and lifts them up to the majesty of freemen, who are sons of God.” ThinkingWorldLittlesLife IsOrderFallCultureReadingChristChurchActingSonDutyHigherCreaturesEssentialsDown AndClubsImprovementLiftsBordersMutualMistakenMajestyFalling DownFreemanChurch Of ChristChaucerSpenser Author:Edward Everett Hale
“The Church of Christ is an anvil which has worn out many hammers. Our opponents may boast of their strength, but they do not realize what they have challenged.” MayWarChristRealizingChurchOpponentsWornBoastHammersWorn OutAnvilsChurch Of Christ Author:John Buchan
“Some of the stuff I'm writing is almost like hymns, some of my first singing and choral experiences were in church, the Church of Christ in Hicksville.” WritingFirstsStuffChristChurchSingingHymnsChurch Of Christ Author:Billy Joel
“For a long time religion made me feel guilty for being involved in music. Growing up, the religion I grew up in, the Church of Christ, encouraged a capella, but didn't allow musical instruments, so even though my parents allowed me to play trumpet in the band, and I was pretty good at it, it had this baggage.” FeelsLongMadePlayParentChristChurchGrowing UpGrowingGrewInvolvedBandGrew UpLong TimeInstrumentsMusicalGuiltyTrumpetsBaggageMusical InstrumentsChurch Of Christ Author:Gary Panter
“The holy mystery of the day of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost, is to be understood in the following manner: the spirit of man must be completed and perfected by the Holy Spirit, that is, it must be sanctified, illuminated, and divinized by the Holy Spirit. This holy mystery is realized continually in the Church of Christ and because of this the Church is really a continuous Pentecost.... From Holy Pentecost, the day of the Holy Spirit, every God-like soul in the Church of Christ is an incombustible bush which continuously burns and is inflamed with God and has a fiery tongue within it.” MenSoulSpiritChristChurchMysteryHolyUnderstoodFollowingTongueHoly SpiritFieryPentecostChurch Of Christ Author:Justin Popovic