“Martin Luther described the doctrine of justification by faith as the article of faith that decides whether the church is standing or falling. By this he meant that when this doctrine is understood, believed, and preached, as it was in New-Testament times, the church stands in the grace of God and is alive; but where it is neglected, overlaid, or denied, ... the church falls from grace and its life drains away, leaving it in a state of darkness and death.” StatesFallChurchChristianityDarknessGraceAliveUnderstoodStandingLeavingDoctrineArticlesDeniedJustificationTestamentLutherGrace Of GodNeglectedNew TestamentDrainsJustification By FaithFalls From Grace Author:J. I. Packer
“Standing up here on the hill away from all humans - seeing these Wonders taking place before one's eyes - so silently... watching the silence of Nature. No school - no church - is as good a teacher as the eye understandingly seeing what's before it. I believe this more firmly than ever.” BelieveHumansEyeSchoolI BelieveChurchSilenceWonderTeacherSeeingStandingHills Author:Alfred Stieglitz
“I believe I never was more acceptable to my Master than when I was standing to teach those hearers in the open fields. I now preach to ten times more people than I would if I had been confined to the churches.” PeopleIfsBelieveReligionI BelieveChurchChristianityTeachFieldsMastersTenStandingAcceptableConfinedOpen Fields Author:George Whitefield
“In the reign of the Greek Emperor Justinian , and again in the reign of Phocas , the Bishop of Rome obtained some dominion over the Greek Churches, but of no long continuance. His standing dominion was only over the nations of the Western Empire, represented by Daniel's fourth Beast.” LongNationsChurchStandingWesternGreekBeastEmpiresRomeFourthReignEmperorDominionBishopsContinuanceJustinian Book:Observations Source: Observations
“I would not be standing here today if my skin were white or my religion were Presbyterian. I am here today only because my skin is yellow and my religion is Unification Church. The ugliest things in this beautiful country of America are religious bigotry and racism.” IfsCountryTodayAmericaBeautifulChurchReligiousWhiteRacismStandingSkinsBigotryYellowPresbyteriansUnificationBeautiful CountryReligious BigotryUnification Church Author:Sun Myung Moon
“Early man recognised these lines of force and marked them out on the landscape with, well, any old thing, really standing stones, ditches, mounds, tumps, sacred wells, and that sort of thing. And, later on, with churches, market crosses, crossroads, and whatnot.” MenWellsForceChurchLinesStandingStonesCrossesSacredLandscapeCrossroadsOld Things Author:Stephen R. Lawhead
“Surely there is a fitness in the institution of the Lord's Supper as a standing memorial by which the church at large may commemorate the grandest act, and by which the heart of each individual believer may be reminded of his dearest friend. You, who have learned to love the Saviour, will prize His ordinance for the Saviour's sake. You who rejoice in the salvation purchased by His dying, will not fail with gratitude and faith to show the Lord's death until He come.” HeartMayShowsIndividualChurchLordFailingDyingGratitudeStandingInstitutionsSalvationSakeBelieverPrizeRejoiceMemorialSaviourSupperOrdinancesDearest FriendLord's Supper Author:William Morley Punshon
“Churches may decay and perish; riches may make themselves wings and fly away-but he who builds their happiness on Christ crucified and union with Him by faith, that person is standing on a foundation which shall never be moved, and will know something of true peace.” KnowsMayPersonsChristChurchStandingFoundationMovedWingsUnionsRichesDecayFly AwayTrue Peace Author:J. C. Ryle
“It was a very aged, ghostly place; the church had been built many hundreds of years ago, and had once had a convent or monastery attached; for arches in ruins, remains of oriel windows, and fragments of blackened walls, were yet standing-, while other portions of the old building, which had crumbled away and fallen down, were mingled with the churchyard earth and overgrown with grass, as if they too claimed a burying-place and sought to mix their ashes with the dust of men.” IfsMenYearsEarthChurchBuildingWallBuiltYears AgoStandingWindowRemainsDustRuinsGrassFallenPortionsAshesFragmentsSpookyArchesMonasteriesBuryingOld Buildings Book:The Old Curiosity Shop: And Reprinted Pieces Source: The Old Curiosity Shop: And Reprinted Pieces
“The greatest, strongest, mightiest plea for the church of God in the world is the existence of the Spirit of God in its midst, and the works of the Spirit of God are the true evidences of Christianity. They say miracles are withdrawn, but the Holy Spirit is the standing miracle of the church of God to-day.” WorldSpiritChurchExistenceChristianityHolyEvidenceStandingMiracleHoly SpiritMidstStrongestSpirit Of God Author:Charles Spurgeon
“A 100 years from now the consequences for standing for Jesus will be greater than the consequences of not standing for Jesus today.” YearsTodayChristianJesusLeadershipChurchGreaterConsequenceStanding Author:Mike Huckabee
“The roughest thing was learning the realities of the world at such a young age. I was 10 or 11, going to church, hearing the adults standing on the podium talking about world affairs, about history, about war, and how America was founded.” WorldWarRealityAgeAmericaYoungChurchTalkingAdultsStandingAffairHearingYoung AgeGoing To ChurchWorld Affairs Author:Michelle Rodriguez