“Finney preached and sometimes the whole congregation would get up and leave! that's good preaching.” SometimesWholeReligionChristianityGet UpPreachingCongregation Author:Leonard Ravenhill
“How on earth can religious people believe in so much arbitrary, clearly invented balderdash?....The acceptance of a creed, any creed, entitles the acceptor to membership in the sort of artificial extended family we call a congregation. It is a way to fight loneliness. Any time I see a person fleeing from reason and into religion, I think to myself, There goes a person who simply cannot stand being so goddamned lonely anymore.” PeopleThinkingWayBelievePersonsReasonEarthReligionFightingReligiousLonelinessAcceptanceLonelyArtificialCreedsArbitraryCongregationMembershipFleeingExtended Family Book:Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage Source: Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
“My heart went out, seeking the God of my people. In thousands of homes those white candles burned tonight. I joined an invisible congregation.” PeopleHeartHomeReligionWomenWhiteMy HeartSeekingInvisibleTonightCandleBurnedCongregation Author:Jessie Sampter