“Adulterers, in the first stages of the church, were excommunicated forever, and unqualified all their lives for bearing a part in Christian assemblies, notwithstanding they might seek it with tears, and all the appearances of the most unfeigned repentance.” FirstsMightChristianChurchForeverStageTearsAppearanceRepentanceAdulteryAssemblyUnqualified Author:Joseph Addison
“It is useless saying that we do not accept the gods of the primitive world. In form, no; in essence, yes. The fact before us is that all ideas of gods can be traced to the earliest stages of human history.... There is an unbroken line of descent linking the gods of the most primitive peoples to those of modern man. We reject the world of the savage; but we still, in our churches, mosques, synagogues and temples, perpetuate the theories he built upon that world.” MenWorldHumansStillsIdeasFactsFormChurchLinesAcceptingAtheismModernStageTheoryBuiltEssenceUselessTemplesRejectsPrimitiveSavagesHuman HistoryDescentUnbrokenMosquesModern ManSynagogue Author:Chapman Cohen
“I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.” YearsBigsAmericaChurchStageSingingWoundsTeenageTeenage YearsSinging In Church Author:Amy Grant
“Charisma on stage is not necessarily evidence of the Holy Spirit.” ChristianSpiritLeadershipChurchStageHolyEvidenceHoly SpiritCharisma Author:Andy Stanley
“When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.” PeopleTryingDoeJoyLosesChurchTroubleOne ThingStageAfrican American Author:James Brown
“God's church is not a stage for us to perform on but a garden for us to grow in.” GrowsChurchStageGarden Author:Michael Horton
“The theater is the 'church' and when I'm on that stage I am the Priest/Pastor, it is a pure spiritual journey for me.” SpiritualChurchJourneyStagePureTheaterPriestsPastorSpiritual Journey Author:Richard Cabral