Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between church and state..
The Church is a system, - but whether it is as much founded on the teaching of our Lord, who was divine, as on the teaching of St. Paul, who was not ….
The church doesn’t have a mission; there is a mission, and it has the church..
I will go peaceably and firmly to the Catholic Church: for if Faith is so important to our salvation, I will seek it where true Faith first began, se….
But the appeal to antiquity is both a treason and a heresy. It is a treason because it rejects the Divine voice of the Church at this hour, and a her….
If you want to warm a church, put a stove in the pulpit..
Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual i….
Regardless of what we say, it's what we do that reveals what we as a church or individual actually believe about God and His will for us..
So, the next film won't necessarily be modern-day Albany, Georgia but we're grateful for the films we've made (with Sherwood). The church is an amazi….
The church is the bride of Christ. The kingdom will be the eternal celebration of the wedding of Christ and the church. We will enjoy rapturous celeb….
Stop looking for the perfect church. It does not exist. Even if it did exist, the moment we joined it, it would no longer be perfect!.
the church should just stay out of people's pants..
We made four feature films with Sherwood Baptist. The wonderful thing was the church (members) volunteered. It was an awesome atmosphere of attitudes….
A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey..
On the day, therefore, when I went to the church to be confirmed, with a number of others, I suffered extremely from the reproaches of my conscience..
We will become mightier and more powerful in our own right in direct proportion to the service and contribution we make to strengthen the Church..
It is glorious to be a member. It is glorious to have any office or calling in the Church, no matter how relatively humble the title may sound. I am ….
Churches come and go, but there has ever been but one religion. The only religion is conscience in action..
Even more than in the concert hall, in church there are things you can and cannot do, just out of respect. You would never have the sound of someone ….
Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches..
Generally, elders are among the more reverent members of the Church, but there is no law prescribing their age..