“Churchgoers all across the nation say the Holy Spirit has entered them. They claim that God has given them a supernatural ability to follow Christ, put their sin to death, and serve the church. Christians talk about being born again say that they they were dead but now have come to life. We have become hardened to those words, but they are powerful words that have significant meaning. Yet when those outside the church see no difference in our lives, they begin to question our integrity, out sanity, or even worse, our God. And can you blame them?” ChristianSpiritGivenNationsChristBornDifferencesChurchSinAbilityPowerfulOur LivesIntegrityHolyClaimsBlameSignificantHoly SpiritSanityBorn AgainHardenedPowerful Words Author:Francis Chan
“And when we go to church, read our Bibles, have our quiet times, and go to Christian conferences, we too can build some impressive spiritual muscles, but unless we use those spiritual muscles to change our lives, build the church, love our neighbors, and care for the sick and the poor, we...are just posers. Let us not take God's truth for granted.” UseCareChristianSpiritualChurchPoorOur LivesQuietSickNeighborGrantedMusclesConferencesImpressiveQuiet TimePosers Book:He Walks Among Us: Encounters with Christ in a Broken World Source: He Walks Among Us: Encounters with Christ in a Broken World
“In Bolivia there are Catholic, Evangelical, Methodist, Baptist churches, and so on. In Bolivia there are indigenous religious beliefs like the rite of Pachamama Mother Earth, which shows us that Mother Earth is our life, we are born out of the Earth we live on the Earth and return to the Earth.” ShowsEarthMotherBeliefBornChurchReligiousOur LivesReturnCatholicIndigenousMother EarthBaptistsEvangelicalReligious BeliefRiteMethodistsBolivia Author:Evo Morales
“The church has no power over our lives any more, which is something of a blessing for those who do not enjoy red-hot pokers or iron thumb-screws.” EnjoyChurchOur LivesBlessingRedHotIronScrewsThumbsRed Hot Author:Stephen Fry
“If people like us, our life is good. If somebody doesn't like us, our whole life is tanked. That happens at your job, especially in church ministry. It seems like everybody's your boss sometimes. You're trying to keep everybody happy and pretty soon you realize you're filling yourself up with other people's opinions of you. That's a dangerous place to live.” PeopleIfsTryingSometimesWholeSeemsHappensJobsLife IsRealizingChurchOpinionOur LivesDangerousWhole LifeBossMinistryFillingPlaces To LiveLife Is GoodDangerous PlacesChurch Ministry Author:Mark Hall
“In the middle of this despair [of postwar Germany], my family learned about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the healing message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. This message made all the difference; it lifted us above our daily misery. Life was still thorny and the circumstances still horrible, but the gospel brought light, hope, and joy into our lives. The plain and simple truths of the gospel warmed our hearts and enlightened our minds. They helped us look at ourselves and the world around us with different eyes and from an elevated viewpoint.” WorldMindLooksHeartMadeStillsDifferentLightEyeJoyJesusChristDifferencesChurchSimpleHealingOur LivesMiddleCircumstancesDespairMessagesJesus ChristMy FamilyMiserySaintHorribleGermanyLatterEnlightenedViewpointsLatter DaysSimple TruthsLatter Day SaintsPlain And Simple Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“We should be patient in developing and strengthening our testimonies. Rather than expecting immediate or spectacular manifestations, though they will come when needed, we should pray for a testimony, study the scriptures, follow the counsel of our prophet and other Church leaders, and live the principles of the gospel. Our testimonies then will grow and mature naturally, perhaps imperceptibly at times, until they become driving forces in our lives.” ShouldForceGrowsChurchLeaderPrinciplesStudyOur LivesPrayingNeededPatientDrivingScriptureDevelopingManifestationProphetMatureExpectingTestimonyBe PatientSpectacularStrengtheningDriving ForceChurch Leaders Author:Joseph B. Wirthlin
“You only have to glance at the daily news to see how passions are stirred by claims of exclusive loyalty to one's own kin, one's own clan, one's own country, and one's own church. These ties that bind are vital to our communities and our lives, but they can also be twisted into a noose.” CountryPassionCommunityChurchOur LivesNewsClaimsLoyaltyTiesGlancesTwistedExclusiveOur CommunityClansNoosesTies That BindDaily News Author:Bill Moyers
“Those who insist that a Church program exist for every contingency and need are as much in error as their counterparts who demand that government intervene in every aspect of our lives. In both instances the ideal balance is destroyed with a resultant detriment to human progress.” NeedsHumansGovernmentChurchOur LivesProgressBalanceDemandAspectIdealsProgramErrorsDestroyedInstanceCounterpartsHuman ProgressContingency Author:Dean L. Larsen
“We are living at a time when the Prostestant church is rediscovering the truth that transformation in Christ occurs through the disciplines of formation. Finally, Adele Calhoun has pulled all of these together into one volume, complete with clear definitions and practices of a variety of ways that God uses to grow our lives. No longer do you have to root through scattered pieces of paper, nor a chapter here and there to get the big picture of the tried and true disciplines. This is one resource you will want to have at your fingertips.” WayWantUseBigsTogetherGrowsChristChurchPracticeClearPiecesOur LivesDisciplinePaperResourcesRootsTransformationDefinitionsVarietyChaptersVolumeHere And ThereFormationBig PictureFingertips Author:Greg Oden