“Take away material prosperity; take away emotional highs; take away miracles and healing; take away fellowship with other believers; take away church; take away all opportunity for service; take away assurance of salvation; take away the peace and joy of the Holy Spirit... Yes! Take it all, all, far, far away. And what is left? Tragically, for many believers there would be nothing left. For does our faith really go that deep? Or do we, in the final analysis, have a cross-less Christianity?” DoeWould BeJoySpiritFaithOpportunityLeftChurchReligiousHealingChristianityEmotionalMaterialsHolyCrossesMiracleSalvationFinalsProsperityBelieverAnalysisHoly SpiritFar AwayAssuranceFellowshipPeace And JoyAssurance Of Salvation Author:Mike Mason
“Don't come to church for an emotional experience. Come to church for the truth.” ChurchEmotional Author:Robert Godfrey
“It has taken countless hours of prayer, study, conversation and emotional turmoil to bring me to the place where I am finally ready to call for the full acceptance of Christian gay couples into the Church.” ChristianHoursChurchPrayerStudyTakenAcceptanceEmotionalReadyCoupleGayConversationTurmoilGay CouplesEmotional Turmoil Author:Tony Campolo
“Churches typically argue is that God wants God's people to have a good life, and that a good life involves prosperity. This prosperity is not just emotional well-being, spiritual well-being, or physical well-being - it's also having good stuff. Having a nice house, a nice car, good clothing, etc. It's a package deal.” PeopleSpiritualHouseChurchNiceCarEmotionalProsperityArguingGood Life Author:Anthony B Pinn
“The relationships that people have - that are sexual, psychological, emotional - these relationships are not open to supervision by parents, schools, churches, or government. Nobody has any right to intervene at all in any kind of relationship like that.” PeopleKindGovernmentSchoolParentChurchRelationshipEmotionalPsychologicalSupervision Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair