#astor

The earlier practice of the Church had been more or less to employ in worship under the presidency of the pastor or pastors, the gifts of the congregation. ↗

— Robert Rainy

#church #congregation #earlier #employ #gifts

There are pastors who won't go to people's sick beds. How can people of God turn their back on the sick, poor and hungry? ↗

— James Robinson

#beds #go #god #how #hungry

There was a lot of Southern Baptist preachers and some yelling ones but mostly we had a pastor who didn't scream and I found a lot of comfort and joy and peace as a child hearing the Bible. ↗

— Victoria Jackson

#bible #child #comfort #found #had

You can't tell a woman who is called by God to teach that she cannot teach the Word of God... So I think the distinction is that there's a difference between the authority of a pastor and a Bible teacher. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#between #bible #called #cannot #difference

I certainly respect other people's opinions, but I would not vote for a woman to be the pastor of a church. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#church #i #opinions #other #pastor

Evocative. . . . Aldrich astutely portrays a colorful cast of aunts, uncles, cousins and hangers-on—clinging to the family legacy long after the money is gone. One can’t help but cheer as she breaks away from the others to make a name for herself. ↗

— ELLIOTT HOLT AUTHOR OF YOU ARE ONE OF THEM

#astor-orphan #family

She wakes in a puddle of sunlight. Her hands asleep beside her. Her hair draped on the lawn like a mantle of cloth. ↗

— Roman Payne

#love #nymph #ode #pastoral #pastorale

Your life is a witness to the world of a loving savior and His redemptive plan for man. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#grace #pastor-john-paul-warren #sin #love

When you GIVE under “compulsion” or “Grudgingly” you are giving under the LAW of giving and NOT the GRACE given for giving. God loves a cheerful (thankful) giver, which is giving under GRACE. 2 Cor 9:7 ↗

— John Paul Warren

#grace #john-paul-warren #john-pul #pastor-john-paul-warren #voice-of-the-nations

Life seems to be fashioned and formed best out of the obstacles that seem unbearable. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#church #inspirational #leadership #motivational #pastors