“Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God.” GivingHeartChildrenChurchKnowingMy HeartBlessingConscienceCatholicSilentBottomBelieverCatholic ChurchChild Of GodNon Believer Author:Pope Francis
“Rome's riches are in too immediate juxtaposition. Under the lid of awful August heat, one moves dizzily from church to palace to fountain to ruin, a single fly at a banquet, not knowing where to light.” LightMovingChurchKnowingRichesRuinsAwfulHeatRomeNot KnowingFountainPalacesAugustBanquetsJuxtaposition Book:The feminine eye Source: The feminine eye
“I met too frankly preposterous, if it weren't for their banal evil, politicians and pastors who told knowing lies about the evils of homosexuality in order to attract bigger flocks to their churches and more votes and power to their corrupt councils. LGBT people seem to be being scapegoated more and more just as at the same time in more enlightened countries more and more freedom to express themselves, marry, be given official intersex status and so on is offered.” PeopleIfsCountrySeemsLyingOrderEvilGivenChurchKnowingPoliticianMetsVoteBiggerOfficialsEnlightenedLgbtHomosexualityPastorCouncilFlocksIntersex Author:Stephen Fry
“Without constraint, without any form of mental compulsion, the act of belief becomes the freest possible projection of what resides in our hearts. Like the poet's image of a church bell that reveals its latent music only when struck, or a dragonfly that flames forth its beauty only in flight, so does the content of a human heart lie buried until action calls it forth. The greatest act of self-revelation occurs when we choose what we will believe, in that space of freedom that exists between knowing that a thing is and knowing that a thing is not.” BelieveHumansHeartDoeSelfActionFormLyingBeliefChurchSpaceKnowingPoetFlightFlamesRevelationsBuriedBellsHuman HeartProjectionCompulsionConstraintsLatentDragonfliesSelf RevelationChurch Bells Author:Terryl L. Givens
“I watched my parents in their leadership callings in the Church and the community. We just grew up knowing that we should serve and do whatever we could do to make things grow.” ShouldGrowsParentCommunityChurchKnowingGrewCallingGrew Up Author:Margaret D. Nadauld
“Babies aren't born knowing differences in color, gender, religions. They're taught those things. They're taught them at home. They're taught in the schools. They're taught in the churches. They're taught in the mosques, in the synagogues.” HomeSchoolBornDifferencesChurchKnowingTaughtColorBabyGenderMosquesSynagogue Author:Geraldine Ferraro
“Worship is what we were created for. This is the final end of all existence-the worship of God. God created the universe so that it would display the worth of His glory. And He created us so that we would see this glory and reflect it by knowing and loving it-with all our heart and soul and mind and strength. The church needs to build a common vision of what worship is and what she is gathering to do on Sunday morning and scattering to do on Monday morning.” NeedsMindHeartSoulEndsUniverseChurchCommonExistenceVisionMorningKnowingWorshipGloryFinalsSundayDisplayMondayGatheringHeart And SoulMonday MorningSunday MorningCommon Vision Author:John Piper
“I cannot live in mediocrity, content with merely knowing that there is more of God to experience and explore -and then do nothing about it. Truths that are not experienced are, in effect, more like theories than truths. Whenever God reveals truth to us He is inviting us into a divine encounter.” ChurchKnowingEffectsDivineTheoryEncountersMediocrityInviting Author:Bill Johnson
“Marriage is not mainly about prospering economically; it is mainly about displaying the covenant-keepin g love between Christ and his church. Knowing Christ is more important than making a living. Treasuring Christ is more important than bearing children. Being united to Christ by faith is a greater source of marital success than perfect sex and double-income prosperity.” ChildrenImportantSexChristChurchPerfectLove IsUnitedKnowingGreaterSourceProsperityIncomeCovenantMaking A LivingProspering Author:John Piper