#church

I love you, Margaret Macy. And there is something I need to ask you. Something I’ve asked twice before and am nearly afraid to ask again. The Scriptures say let our yes be yes and our no be no, but I pray, in your case, your no may have changed . . . ?” Margaret leaned forward and kissed him firmly, warmly, on the lips. Then she smiled at him, her eyes brimming with tears. “Yes, it most definitely has. ↗

— Julie Klassen

#margaret-macy #marriage-proposal #nathaniel-upchurch #change

They're after one world religion and one world government. That's why they've attacked the Catholic Church so strongly, to ultimately take control over it by their doctrine. ↗

— Hutton Gibson

#attacked #catholic #catholic church #church #control

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. ↗

— Edvard Grieg

#bach #beethoven #build #churches #dwellings

My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang in the choir all the way up until I went to college. ↗

— Steve Harvey

#choir #church #college #home #i

Church wasn't designed by an architect (Technically, Jesus was a carpenter.). So why do we think of churches as buildings instead of groups of people who love Jesus? ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#design

All the reasons which require the subjection of a believer to the brethren of a particular church, require his subjection to all his brethren in the Lord. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#brethren #church #his #lord #particular

Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime. ↗

— Bill Hybels

#ago #asleep #been #church #churches

I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot. ↗

— Victoria Jackson

#church #four #going #i #i remember

In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

#better #church #desire #ordinary #really

I'm sure Church got some of his ideas from this trip to Europe. ↗

— Stephen Cole Kleene

#europe #got #his #i #ideas