“What the members of the Church need, more than anything else, are strong testimonies of Jesus Christ and the gospel He restored. They need to know. And they need to know that they know. This is the best protection against the tsunami of temptations and the waves of immorality that crash against us. Perhaps this is just another reason why the first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ!” KnowsNeedsFirstsReasonJesusStrongChristChurchLordPrinciplesMembersJesus ChristWaveProtectionTemptationReason WhyCrashTestimonyImmoralityLord Jesus ChristTsunami Author:John Bytheway
“Leadership in church is one of the biggest challenges that the Church is facing because without strong leadership, the church rarely lives out its redemptive potentials.” StrongChallengesChurch Author:Bill Hybels
“A great influence in my life was the sanctified or Holiness churches...Everybody in there sang and they clapped and stomped heir feet and sang with their whole body... Their music was so strong and expressive, it used to bring tears to my eyes.” WholeBodyEyeUsedStrongChurchMusicFeetInfluenceTearsHolinessHeirsExpressiveGreat Influence Author:Mahalia Jackson
“I heard the bells from the future churches, the children playing and laughing in the schoolyards [...] and here was an almond tree in bloom before me: I must reach out and cut a flowering branch. For, by believing passionately in something which still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired, whatever we have not irrigated with our blood to such a degree that it becomes strong enough to stride across the somber threshold of nonexistence.” BelieveChildrenDoeStillsEnoughStrongChurchLaughingCuttingHeardTreeBloodDegreesBranchesReach OutBellsStrong EnoughThresholdStrideFloweringChildren PlayingSomberAlmonds Author:Nikos Kazantzakis
“The church has contributed nothing to civilization. It has progressed somewhat, and it has become a little more decent, in reflection of the movements of civilization that have taken place outside of the church and usually in the face of the strong opposition of the church. But the church has always resisted the process of civilization. It has struggled to the last ditch, by fair means and foul, to preserve as long as it could the vestiges of ancient and medieval theology, with all the puerile moralities and harsh customs and medieval styles of belief.” MeanLittlesLongLastsFacesBeliefStrongProcessChurchTakenAtheismStyleMovementMoralityCivilizationReflectionFairsAncientTheologyPreservesDecentOppositionCustomsHarshMedievalFoul Author:E. Haldeman-Julius
“One of the best ways to improve men's behaviour is to enlighten their minds: and today, against the strong opposition of the Church and the Establishment, Scientific Humanism is attempting to do just that.” MenWayMindTodayStrongChurchAtheismHumanismPositive AtheismBest WayOppositionEstablishmentBehaviourAttemptingEnlightening Author:Margaret E. Knight
“This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into the public schools. Our churches are very strong in this nation and I think that's great and everybody should have the ability to worship as he or she sees fit. I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.” ThinkingShouldBelieveIdeasGovernmentSchoolStrongNationsChurchReligiousAbilityIssuesAtheismFitWorshipShould HavePositive AtheismBelieve In GodThroatVery StrongPublic SchoolThrust Author:Michael Newdow
“Hate is a grand, a strong quality! It makes nations, it builds up creeds! If men loved one another what should they need of a Church?” IfsMenNeedsShouldHateStrongNationsChurchQualityLoved OnesCreeds Book:The Master Christian Source: The Master Christian
“I dont know that the United States is Gods Country, but the church has been so strong here, and because of its influence, we hold life to be sacred and we believe that individuals have dignity. This is part of our legacy.” KnowsBelieveHas BeensCountryStatesIndividualStrongChurchUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceDignitySacredLegacy Author:Rich Mullins
“Those called to the service of governance in the church need to have a strong sense of justice, so that any form of injustice becomes unacceptable.” NeedsFormStrongChurchJusticeInjusticeGovernance Author:Pope Francis
“We are still in various kinds of patriarchal systems. The very definition of patriarchy is that men control women as the means of reproduction, so the idea that a woman's main role is to have children often means society wants more workers, more soldiers. The idea that how many children we have should be controlled by the family, the church, the nation - by anyone but women themselves - is still very deep and very strong.” MenWantShouldKindMeanChildrenStillsIdeasStrongNationsChurchRolesWorkersSoldierDefinitionsVariousControlledVery StrongPatriarchyReproductionVery Deep Author:Gloria Steinem
“Young men need a positive influence, especially when they don't have a strong male figure in their lives. They can be influenced by a great, godly man in the church, which gives men a great mission in the church to influence these kids.” MenNeedsGivingKidsYoungStrongChurchInfluenceFiguresMalesMissionsYoung ManGodlyPositive InfluenceGodly Man Author:Tony Evans
“I believe there is no liturgy in the world, either in ancient or modern language, which breathes more of a solid, scriptural, rational piety, than the Common Prayer of the Church of England. And though the main of it was compiled considerably more than two hundred years ago, yet is the language of it, not only pure, but strong and elegant in the highest degree.” WorldYearsBelieveTwoLanguageStrongI BelieveChurchPrayerCommonModernPureDegreesHighestHundredYears AgoEnglandAncientBreatheRationalElegantPietyLiturgyChurch Of EnglandModern Languages Book:John Wesley's The Book of Common Prayer Source: John Wesley's The Book of Common Prayer
“The missionary question is not, 'Where are there unbelievers?' and then send a missionary there. There are unbelievers everywhere! The missionary question is, 'Where are there people's who don't have any Christians in them or don't have a church strong enough to do the neighbor evangelism that we can do if we just want to do it?' That's the missionary question.” PeopleIfsWantEnoughChristianStrongCan DoChurchNeighborMissionaryStrong EnoughEvangelismUnbelievers Author:John Piper
“The Bible, undoubtedly, is a mixed bag. I don't see myself coming back to the Church. I do like the tradition. If you come from a strong culture, you can decide what you agree with and what you don't agree with. If you're given a blank canvas, it's almost harder in life.” IfsCultureStrongGivenChurchTraditionHarderAgreeBagsBlankCanvasComing BackBlank Canvas Author:Steve Coogan