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But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death.
Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.
Compassion in evangelical churches is out of balance. When I talk about it, I get a lot of glazed expressions.
Saudi Arabia inflames the Sunni-Shiite divide and sets a pernicious example of intolerance by banning churches.
In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo.
When I see Tiffany windows in churches across the United States, I get a sense of spiritual upliftment from that.
It is important for American congregations to hold their churches accountable for what their money does in Africa.
Churches know more about poverty than any government will ever know, because we're dealing with the poor every day.
It is in following Christ as our captain that we can win in our personal lives, families, churches, and communities.
Sodomy is in the Bible, to be read in churches. I wouldn't rule it out of Mr. Bruce's act if he cares to comment on it.
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.
Historically speaking, institutions are slow to change and usually resistant to any sudden moves - churches especially so.
Tourists as well as natives want to see cultural achievements - whether it's the Banaue Terraces, the old churches or museums.
I suppose movie theaters are the churches of the modern age, where we gather reverently to worship the tinsel gods of Hollywood.
Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?
For years, I was quite a militant atheist. I wanted to burn down all the churches or turn them into second-hand record emporiums.
I suppose I've always had a very genuine curiosity about religion. I loved the atmosphere of churches, the ethos; I adored Evensong.
Christianity is permitted under China's constitution, and the government has long supported a network of official Christian churches.
I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it.
Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.
There was segregation everywhere. The churches, buses and schools were all segregated and you couldn't even go into the same restaurants.
I personally agree with the rights of homosexuals. But the Protestant churches are very powerful in Korea. It isn't easy for politicians.
Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches.
Real men are almost nowhere to be found in the black community; fatherlessness is the norm, and godlessness has taken over black churches.
I do believe, sooner rather than later, churches will face the loss of their tax-exempt status if they do not engage in same-sex ceremonies.
One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.
Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along.
I'm usually torn by, 'What's the role of government to cure injustice?' Families, churches, and schools can be more of an instrument of change.
I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
There are so many societies, so many churches, so many -isms, that it is almost impossible for an independent man to succeed in a political career.
We see government's mission as fostering and enabling the important realms - our businesses, service clubs, Little Leagues, churches - to flourish.
It's no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the churches into materialism, secularism and humanism.
Bach and Beethoven erected temples and churches on the heights. I only wanted to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home.
Once we begin to make our churches safety zones in a military-style approach, we're going to lose something of the character of our places of worship.
I'm sort of agnostic. I grew up Catholic and switched to Episcopalian in college because I sang in churches to have money to buy pizza and french fries.
Churches should be able to decide what kinds of unions are sanctified by their denomination, but not what kinds of unions are accepted in the civil arena.
While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.
Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. Politics has once again become religious.
In academia, I discovered that issues and insights, commonplace among the scholars, are viewed as highly controversial and even as 'heresy' in the churches.
I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
In regard to education, something has been done by the Provincial Legislature; but to build churches, and to place clergymen is a work of greater difficulty.
All the modern christian churches have no more authority to preach, baptize, or administer any other ordinance of the gospel than the idolatrous Hindoos have.
However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of divine nature.
I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending aid, the helpfulness, and so on, yes.
I got the nickname 'Deacon' because I didn't swear, didn't drink, went to church, and did quite a bit of speaking in other churches, youth groups, and so forth.
I believe that for lots of churches and religious institutions, their main focus on the development of faith among parishioners needs to spread to the community.
Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home.
Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!
We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.
We've played all sorts of weird and wonderful places. You do all kinds of venues from heavy metal places in Germany to big ornate churches, and everything in between.