“What makes a church great in the eyes of God? Participation, proclamation, preservation, and propagation. Every church ought to exhibit all four.” EyeChurchFourOughtParticipationPreservationExhibitsProclamationPropagation Book:Revive Us Again Source: Revive Us Again
“I remember the first sermon I ever preached. I had four sermons. I preached them, all four in ten minutes. And that was the beginning, in a place called Bostwick, Florida, in northern Florida, in a little tiny church, and on a cold night, about 40 people. And I was so nervous.” PeopleFirstsLittlesRememberNightChurchFourMinutesColdTenTinyNervousFloridaSermonsCold Night Author:Billy Graham
“And all the world is football-shaped It's just for me to kick in space And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste And I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to take this all in I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime Trying to taste the difference 'tween a lemon and a lime Pain and pleasure and the church bells softly chime.” WorldTryingI CanTwoPainThreeDifferencesChurchSpacePleasureFiveFourFootballTasteSmellSensesKicksBellsLemonsFive SensesLimesChimesTweensChurch Bells Author:Andy Partridge
“The New Testament was not produced as a single work issued by an authoritative Church for the instruction of its members. The four Gospels were composed in different times and places over perhaps a third of a century, and for a time circulated separately among a number of other narratives of our Lord's life (of which the newly discovered fragment of an unknown gospel may have been one).” MayHas BeensDifferentChurchNumbersLordFourCenturyMembersThirdsNarrativeInstructionTestamentFragmentsOur LordNew TestamentDifferent Times Author:Frederic G. Kenyon
“What the Latins have done in this text (1 John v, 7) the Greeks have done to Paul (1 Tim. iii, 16). They now read, "Great is the mystery of godliness; God manifest in the flesh"; whereas all the churches for the first four or five hundred years, and the authors of all the ancient versions, Jerome as well as the rest, read, "Great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifest in the flesh." Our English version makes it yet a little stronger. It reads, "Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh."” YearsFirstsWellsLittlesDoneChurchFiveFourMysteryAtheismHundredStrongerAncientPositive AtheismFleshVersionsGreekLatinManifestGodliness Author:Isaac Newton
“The current version of... separation of church and state says you can be salt, and you can be light, but only inside the four walls of the church.” StatesLightChristianChurchReligiousFourWallCurrentsSeparationVersionsSaltChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateFour Walls Author:David Barton
“The schools, the courts, the media - all seem determined to erase Christian influence from public life and confine religion to the four walls of the church or home.” HomeSeemsSchoolChristianChurchReligiousFourInfluenceMediaWallCourtDeterminedErasePublic LifeFour Walls Author:Bruce L. Shelley
“Some men are like a church-organ -- you can play on them for a lifetime and always find new harmonies; others are like a music-box -- they have four or five thin jingles.” MenPlayChurchFiveFourHarmonyLifetimeBoxesOrgansJingles Author:Austin O'Malley
“The dismembering of a human being routinely in 30 minutes on an outpatient bases - or any other way - is barbaric. Four blocks from our church all year long - like churches within smelling distance of Auschwitz or Dachau or Buchenwald.” WayYearsHumansLongChurchHuman BeingsFourMinutesBasesDistanceBlockAbortionAuschwitzBarbaricDachauBuchenwald Author:John Piper
“We made four feature films with Sherwood Baptist. The wonderful thing was the church (members) volunteered. It was an awesome atmosphere of attitudes. The hard part was (that) all four of the first feature films we made take place in modern-day Albany, Georgia. We know that not all of our films going to be (set in) modern-day Albany, Georgia.” KnowsFirstsMadeHardFilmChurchAttitudeFourWonderfulModernMembersAtmosphereFeaturesWonderful ThingsGeorgiaBaptistsModern DayChurch MembersAlbany Author:Alex Kendrick
“People are looking at possibly doing some documentaries and also we have the first four films that will stay out there for the years to come. So, yeah, Sherwood Pictures will be around and my brother and I are certainly supporters of that. We can't wait to see what God does not only locally there at the church but what he has for us down the road as well.” PeopleYearsFirstsWellsDoeFilmWaitingChurchFourBrotherYeahMy BrotherSupporterDocumentariesDown The Road Author:Alex Kendrick
“So, you want to be like Christ? Me too. But that kind of godliness won't just happen by hanging around a church or thinking lofty thoughts three or four times a day or learning a few verses of Scripture. It will take more - much more. Disciplining ourselves will require the same kind of focused thinking and living that our Master modeled during His brief life on earth.” ThinkingWantKindHappensEarthThreeChristChurchFourMastersFocusedScriptureVersesLoftyGodlinessHanging AroundBrief Life Author:Charles R. Swindoll
“I think the word is counter-productive. Capitalism is counter-productive to art, just as the Catholic Church was counter-productive to art four hundred years ago.” ThinkingYearsArtChurchFourHundredCapitalismYears AgoCatholicProductiveCatholic Church Author:Mick Farren