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“Hypocrisy versus authenticity among men is not always so black and white, and as is righteousness, humility is often self-proclaimed. The Church is most definitely supposed to be a hospital for the spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically sick, hurting, and broken individual, yet ironically, many of its critics are those who ran away and permanently denounced its members after they visited and felt that they were sneezed on.”

Men Self Individual Felt Black Hurt Church White Humility Broken Members Sick Critics Authenticity Supposed To Be Ran Hypocrisy Righteousness Hospitals Black And White Versus

Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“The barbarians, who possessed no books, no secular knowledge, no education, except in the schools of the clergy, and who had scarcely acquired the rudiments of religious instruction, turned with childlike attachment to men whose minds were stored with the knowledge of Scripture, of Cicero, of St. Augustine; and in the scanty world of their ideas, the Church was felt to be something infinitely vaster, stronger, holier than their newly founded States.”

Men World Mind Book Ideas States School Felt Church Religious Stronger Scripture Attachment Instruction Possessed Secular Barbarians Childlike Clergy Augustine

Book:The History of Freedom: Great Event

Source: The History of Freedom: Great Event

“Let the church come to God in the strength of a perfect weakness, in the power of a felt helplessness and a child-like confidence, and then, either she has no strength, and has no right to be, or she has a strength that is infinite. Then and thus, will she stretch out the rod over the seas of difficulty that lie before her, and the waters shall divide, and she shall pass through, and sing the song of deliverance.”

Children Lying Song Felt Water Church Perfect Sea Weakness Difficulty Infinite Divides Helplessness Deliverance

Book:Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851

Source: Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851

“The minister should preach as if he felt that although the congregation own the church, and have bought the pews, they have not bought him. His soul is worth no more than any other man's, but it is all he has, and he cannot be expected to sell it for a salary. The terms are by no means equal. If a parishioner does not like the preaching, he can go elsewhere and get another pew, but the preacher cannot get another soul.”

Ifs Men Should Mean Doe Soul Felt Term Church Equal Sells Expected Ministers Elsewhere Preacher Preaching Salary Congregation

Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“In my view there are basically two types of weddings. There is the wedding that is based on law, and there is the wedding that is based on Christ and based on grace. We felt that those who have been married by the law, they would like to have that special privilege and benefit by being married by the church.”

Has Beens Two Law Felt Christ Church Views Grace Special Type Benefits Married Privilege Being Married

Author:Bill Vaughan

“[...]women much like this prostitute fled toward Jesus, not away from him. The worse a person felt about herself, the more likely she saw Jesus as a refuge. Has the church lost that gift?”

Persons Jesus Lost Felt Church Saws Refuge

Book:Grace Notes

Source: Grace Notes

“All Catholics must make themselves felt as active elements in daily political life in the countries where they live. They must penetrate, wherever possible, in the administration of civil affairs; must constantly exert the utmost vigilance and energy to prevent the usages of liberty from going beyond the limits fixed by God's law. All Catholics should do all in their power to cause the constitutions of states and legislation to be modeled on the principles of the true Church.”

“I have a friend, a pastor, who applied with me and 419 other people for 25 seats on a special advisory board. Though I believed she was infinitely more qualified than me, she wasn't selected and I was. When I saw her at her church weeks later, I asked her how she felt about the decision. While disappointment, self-doubt and defeat would have been normal reactions to the Board's decision, my friend said she felt great. 'How come?' I asked. She said with a smile, 'I just figured God had something better in store for me.'”

“I got into pastoring because of the art form. I started a church, but I felt the art form needed to be freed for all people. A particular religion over others was never interesting to me. I wanted to talk to people about what it means to be alive and what it means to be human.”

People Humans Mean Art Wanted Form Felt Church Interesting Alive Particular Needed What It Means To Be Human

Author:Rob Bell

“I have always felt that many Christians, deeply sincere Christians, support the idea of separation of State and Church and the secularist in that sense as well. They believe that religion should be very much a private affair and should not be given special treatment. The State should not fund churches for example.”

Should Believe Wells Ideas States Christian Given Felt Church Support Special Example Affair Separation Treatment Fund Sincere Special Treatment

Author:Ibn Warraq

“I've always felt at home in the Church. Catholics are often more laid back than they are given credit for - presumably because at the back of their minds they realize that, if necessary, they can always confess everything to their local priest.”

Ifs Mind Home Given Felt Realizing Church Catholic Credit Locals Priests Laid Back

Author:Jens Spahn