“Too much preaching nowadays pats the back and tickles the ear, but does not get under the skin. There is no conviction and therefore no conversion. I am thinking not only of the ministry of reproof and rebuke but also of the message of inspiration, of encouragement, of comfort. People go out of church at noon with the depths unstirred, the heart untouched, the conscience unpricked.” PeopleThinkingHeartDoeInspirationChristianChurchToo MuchComfortMessagesConscienceSkinsEarsEncouragementDepthConvictionChristian InspirationalConversionMinistryPreachingNoonRebukeReproof Author:Vance Havner
“If you miss someone too much you turn into them... though it doesn't seem to work for the Christian Church.” IfsSeemsChristianTurnsChurchToo MuchMissingMissing SomeoneChristian Church Author:Robyn Hitchcock
“I never thought it was right to call up a man and try him because he erred in doctrine, it looks too much like methodism and not like Latter day Saintism. Methodists have creeds which a man must believe or be kicked out of their church. I want the liberty of believing as I please, it feels so good not to be tramelled.” MenWantFeelsTryingBelieveLooksChurchLibertyToo MuchPleaseDoctrineLatterCreedsLatter DaysMethodistsLatter Day Saints Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.
“I don't know about being a Catholic anymore, though I had a great romance with the Church. But its male hierarchy causes me pain and distress. So I can't really pay too much attention. When that encyclical from the Pope - the one about contraception - began 'Dear Sons and Brothers' I figured it must be private mail and had nothing to do with me. So I didn't read it.” KnowsI CanPainRomanceReligionCausesChurchPayAttentionToo MuchSonBrotherCatholicMalesDearMailDistressPopeHierarchyContraceptionGreat Romance Author:Joan Hackett
“Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles.” ThinkingGivingFactsChurchReligiousPayAttentionLordToo MuchTenBlessedMaryApostlesHeedVirgin Mary Book:The World's First Love Source: The World's First Love
“Some people accuse us of too much emotionalism. I say we have too little. That is why we are losing church people to other interests. We need not only to capture their minds; we've got to touch their hearts. We've got to make people feel their faith.” PeopleNeedsFeelsMindHeartLittlesInterestChurchToo MuchLosingCapture Book:The Quotable Billy Graham Source: The Quotable Billy Graham
“one trouble with all the churches is that they have too many incurable saints in them, men and women who pray too much and do too little, who cannot forget their own selfish salvation enough to look after other people's without feeling their own spiritual pulse all the time they are doing it. Of late I've sometimes suspected that it is nearly as debilitating to stay in the church all the time as it would be to stay in a hospital all the time.” PeopleMenLooksLittlesSometimesEnoughFeelingsWould BeSpiritualReligionChurchForgetToo MuchTroublePrayingLateMen And WomenSalvationSaintSelfishHospitalsPulse Author:Corra May Harris
“Power corrupts. If the Church is given too much power, it will become corrupted. So to keep the Church in line with the teachings of Christ, we must make sure that it can never have temporal power. Religion has its place and politics has its own. These two should not be mixed together or the result would be catastrophic.” IfsShouldTwoWould BeTogetherGivenChristChurchLinesResultsToo MuchTeachingPower CorruptsToo Much Power Author:Ali Sina
“Unconfessed sin is a terrible, heavy burden to carry. God loves us too much to have unconfessed sin.” ChristianLeadershipChurchSinToo MuchTerribleBurdenHeavyGod LoveGod Loves UsHeavy BurdensUnconfessed Sin Author:Johnny Hunt
“Like my parents, I have never been a regular church member or churchgoer. It doesn't seem plausible to me that there is the kind of God who watches over human affairs, listens to prayers, and tries to guide people to follow His precepts - there is just too much misery and cruelty for that.” PeopleTryingHumansKindSeemsParentChurchPrayerWatchesToo MuchMembersMiseryAffairGuidesCrueltyPlausibleChurch Members Author:Benjamin Spock