Oh boy, I grew up hearing Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, sitting on Mahalia Jackson's lap in my dad's church.
Merry Clayton
SoulChurchSittingBoyHearingUp
The pope's instruction for priests to forgive may mean, in some cases, the difference between a woman staying in the Catholic Church or leaving for a more understanding and empowering church nearby.
Anthea Butler
WomanChurchUnderstandingLeaving
I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood.
Franz Liszt
WorkFaithHeartChildhoodChurch
My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
Pat Robertson
WifeChurchPresbyterian
I grew up in the Midwest and had a lot of exposure to big religion. I went to church every Sunday - my mother even sang in the choir - and most families I knew where practicing Christians.
Michael McMillian
MotherReligionChurchSundayChoir
As a youngster, when I was active in church, I had a lot of fun choosing and hanging massive stars and making the cribs. I was also very involved in the Christmas plays, though not as an actor, but I took joy in setting up the props.
Nivin Pauly
StarsFunJoyChurchChristmasUp
Growing up, my dad was a pastor, and much like The First Family or people in front of the public eye, we were highly scrutinized as a family within the church and looked at as - well, I guess you would call an example of what that family image should be.
Nick Jonas
FamilyPeopleGrowing UpEyeChurch
The biblical texts that we Christians have used for centuries to justify our hostility toward the Jews need to be banished forever from the sacred writings of the Christian church.
John Shelby Spong
ChurchChristianNeedForeverUsed
Despite a rich history of black Americans involved in the Catholic Church, invisibility is a big problem for black Catholics in America.
HistoryBlackRichChurchProblem
The Church is the safe place to be. I can safely believe everything the Church teaches. It will not harm me, and in fact it will equip me to grow and grow and have a better and better ability to experience that direct presence.
Frederica Mathewes-Green
ExperienceMeBelieveBetterChurch
I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.
Park Chan-wook
FamilyChurchWeekGoUpPuberty
The Seventh Day Adventist Church believes that it was specially chosen by God to prepare the world for the Second Coming of His Son Jesus.
Luke Ford
SonGodDayWorldChurchPrepare
If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture - in, for instance, the editorials of the New York Times or, for that matter, of National Review - there is not much reason to pay it attention.
Richard John Neuhaus
TruthCultureNew YorkChurchNew
I'm theologically in line with the Roman Catholic Church. I believe in the authority of the church, but I also have tremendous respect for my brothers and sisters in other Christian faiths.
Marco Rubio
RespectBelieveChurchChristian
The church acknowledges some Scientologists choose to sever communications with family members who leave. The church says it is a fundamental human right to cease communication with someone. It adds disconnection is used against expelled members and those who attack the church.
John Sweeney
FamilyCommunicationChurchChoose
For you see this scripture fulfilled this day and therefore I desire you as you tender the Lord and the church and commonwealth to consider and look what you do.
Anne Hutchinson
DayChurchYouLookDesireSee
Can human hearts be changed? Why, of course! It happens every day in the great missionary work of the Church. It is one of the most widespread of Christ's modern miracles. If it hasn't happened to you - it should.
Ezra Taft Benson
WorkGreatDayChurchYouEvery Day
I was pretty young when I decided I wanted to, well, more so be a singer. I started singing in church in my hometown, East Orange, New Jersey. I knew when I was about five or six that I wanted to be a performer.
Naturi Naughton
SingingChurchHometownNewYoung
There have been times when I've felt inappropriately emotional. I remember making 'The Most Hated Family in America' about the Westboro Baptist Church, and being on the way to a funeral of a U.S. soldier with the Phelps family; they were going to picket the funeral.
Louis Theroux
FamilyChurchAmericaRememberWay
Every time I could escape from Sunday church, I did, from the age of twelve until about thirty.
Rene Girard
AgeTimeChurchSundayEscapeDid
I am atheist in a very religious mould. I'm always asking myself the big questions. Where did we come from? Is there a meaning to all of this? When I find myself in church, I edit the hymns as I sing them.
Mark Haddon
MyselfI AmChurchQuestionsMeaning
My grandparents knew it was important that I understood Christianity and the Bible. But they never took me to church; they sent me to church.
Lee Greenwood
MeBibleChurchImportantNever
My parents always made me dress up for church. I really didn't want to.
Amar'e Stoudemire
DressParentsMeChurchWantAlways
I'm little. I'm pale. I'm not strong. But bad things are scared of me. I think it's because my dad was a preacher growing up, and I was raised in the Church of Christ.
Ashley McBryde
MeGrowing UpStrongThinkChurch
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quotes about Church