- Black Americans
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- Nov 07, 2020
Church Quotes
On the pews people grew up in.
Several of these quotes recall specific childhood routines, like learning the rosary or attending Sunday school regularly, memories tied to the broader faith collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was full of tales. He said his family were ministers in the Church of Scotland, or they were lawyers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has been religious people, often within the organized church, who have been the most critical of and even hostile to my relationship with God.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Lord
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Lord judgeth not as man judgeth; better to be cast out of the church than to deny Christ.
- Christmas
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a not-too-devoted atheist. She went to Episcopal church on Christmas Eve every year, and that was mostly it.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there is anyone who's living the work of the New Testament, it's the nuns of the Catholic church and not the Catholic hierarchy.
- Nov 07, 2020
Before I had crossed the threshold of my church I was made to realize that I was shepherd of a divided flock.
- Nov 07, 2020
Back when I was 8 or 9 and wanted to be a nun, I would often stop at church on my way home from school.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
For reasons I can't remember, my family eventually stopped attending church, and I started questioning the Catholic Church's beliefs. I dabbled a little, but nothing stuck.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't try to be anybody else, because that's what I do. I do me. I'm not trying to impress anybody. I'm not trying to please my pastor at church. I'm not trying to even please my mom, to be honest.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live my life not to please my pastor or my church or fellow Christians. I live my life according to my own convictions and morals and core values and principles, and a lot of times, that's not going to add up to other Christians.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started doing comedy in a church.
- Amplifier
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember one of the first gigs I played with that amp was at a local church. They wanted someone to fill in with the guitar and my friend say, 'Ah, he can play.' And so I dragged the amplifier down and started playing and everybody started yelling 'turn it down!'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very difficult to determine whether this is the fault of the world that has abandoned the Church, or the Church that does not know how to relate to the world.
- Coordinate
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- Nov 07, 2020