“You tell me: Can you live crushed under the weight of the present? Without a memory of the past and without the desire to look ahead to the future by building something, a future, a family? Can you go on like this? This, to me, is the most urgent problem that the Church is facing.” LooksProblemPastDesireChurchMemoriesBuildingGoes OnWeightUrgentCrushedPast MemoriesBuilding Something Author:Pope Francis
“The problem with our churches today is that the lead pastor is some sissy boy who wears cardigan sweaters, has The Carpenters dialed in on his iPod, gets his hair cut at a salon instead of a barber shop, hasn’t been to an Ultimate Fighting match, works out on an elliptical machine instead of going to isolated regions of Russia like in Rocky IV in order to harvest lumber with his teeth, and generally swishes around like Jack from Three’s Company whenever Mr. Roper was around.” ProblemTodayOrderFightingThreeChurchCompanyBoysCuttingHairMachinesUltimateWork OutRussiaTeethShopsRegionsIsolatedPastorHarvestIpodsSweatersCarpenterBarbersSalonsSissyChurch TodayLumberHair CutCardigansBarber ShopRocky Iv Author:Mark Driscoll
“Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point.” PeopleProblemChurchReligiousGreaterDevelopmentTraditionCatholicRemarkableOpennessPersuasionDesirableCatholic ChurchReligious Traditions Author:Francis Arinze
“The problem is not that the churches are filled with empty pews, but that the pews are filled with empty people.” PeopleProblemChurchEmptyFilledEmptiness Author:Charlie W Shedd
“Many of the liberal people tend to say, "Well, the solution is government." I couldn't disagree more. The government cannot solve the problem and never will. I believe the solution to these problems is the church and that the church should be responsible for caring for the sick, and assisting the poor, and educating.” PeopleShouldBelieveWellsProblemGovernmentI BelieveChurchPoorSolutionsSickResponsibleCaringSolveDisagreeBeing ResponsibleAssisting Author:Rick Warren
“When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That's something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. That's different. When they [Conservative right wing Republicans] talk about values, they're talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.” ThinkingProblemValuesJesusChurchTalkingKindnessPrayingRepublicanWingsConservativeToleranceGenerosityVotingLoyalFairnessProblem SolvingRationalityRight WingKindness GenerosityGoing To Church Author:Bill Maher
“I kept careful record of the impact of religion on the election in my county. The religious issue permeated every meeting I conducted. It influenced Republicans and Democrats alike. Ministers preached politics publicly and churches distributed the most vicious electioneering materials. Practically no one I met escaped the pressure of this overriding problem and both parties were ultimately forced to make their major calculations with the religious question a foremost consideration.” ProblemChurchReligiousPartyIssuesRecordsAtheismMaterialsRepublicanMetsMajorsPressureElectionImpactMeetingsDemocratCarefulMinistersConsiderationViciousCalculationsCounty Author:James A. Michener
“The problem in the church today is not the profession of faith, but it's possession.” ProblemTodayChurchPossessionProfessionChurch Today Author:R. C. Sproul
“While there may not be spiritual oppression involved in your battle [against lust], there'll always be opposition. The enemy is constantly near your ear. He doesn't want you to win this fight, and he knows the lies that so often break a man's confidence and his will to win. Expect to hear lies and plenty of them. satan's lie: 'You're the only one dealing with this problem. If anyone ever finds out, you'll be the laughingstock of the church!' The truth: Most men deal with this problem, so no one will laugh.” IfsKnowsMenWantMayProblemSpiritualLyingFightingWinningChurchDealsEnemyBreakLaughingInvolvedBattleEarsLustOppressionPlentySatanOppositionWill To Win Author:Steve Arterburn
“My problem with the Emergent Church is not the questions they are bringing up, but the answers they are giving. They are making Christianity milky. They are making it so you can no longer define anything. There is no sound judgment allowed.” GivingProblemSoundChurchAnswersChristianityJudgmentSound Judgment Author:Eric Ludy
“If people are not sharing their faith in your church, if they're not having a quiet time, if they're not living godly lives, then you need to change your style of preaching. You are obviously not seeing lives changed through the Word of God. So what is the problem? The problem isn't the Word. The problem is your preaching style.” PeopleIfsNeedsProblemChurchSeeingStyleChangedQuietLife ChangingWord Of GodPreachingGodlyNeed A ChangeQuiet TimeYou Need To ChangeGodly Life Author:Bruce Wilkinson
“The problem is efforts by liberals to establish a wall between religion and society, in the guise of maintaining the wall between church and state.” StatesProblemChristianChurchReligiousEffortWallMaintainingChurch And StateGuise Author:Irving Kristol
“I had received Christ as my savior when I was a child, but I didn't know anything. I didn't have any knowledge. I didn't go to church. And I had a lot of problems, and I needed somebody to kind of help me along. And I think sometimes even people who want to serve God, if they have got so many problems that they don't think right and they don't act right and they don't behave right, they almost need somebody to take them by the hand and help lead them through the early years. And that's really what discipleship is. It's helping people.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsYearsKindChildrenSometimesHelpingProblemHandsChristChurchNeededBehaveHelp MeSaviorServing GodDiscipleshipHelping People Author:Joyce Meyer
“All our good works and good intentions can't solve our sin problem.” ProblemChristianLeadershipChurchSinIntentionSolveGood WorkGood Intentions Author:Johnny Hunt
“In leadership there are always problems to be solved and tensions to be managed. When you try to solve a tension, you create a problem.” TryingProblemChristianLeadershipChurchSolveTension Author:Andy Stanley
“The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.” ProblemSpiritualityChurchComfort Author:Edward de Bono
“It seems that the problem with government as an institution is uniformly bad, worldwide. It may be the ONLY thing that binds all nations together - the incompetence of all of their governments...The unions are the mafia, which is the CIA, which is the Catholic Church, which is the government, which is what's the difference? It's corrupt! It's the same guys pulling these strings, you know? One day he pulls the string and this lamp comes out, the next say he pulls the string and there's a missile coming out.” KnowsMayProblemSeemsGovernmentTogetherGuyNextNationsDifferencesChurchOne DayCatholicInstitutionsUnionsStringsComing OutPullingLampsMafiaCatholic ChurchCiaMissilesIncompetence Author:Frank Zappa