We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

I wake up every day inspiring myself, because God gave me life.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

When we speak of faith – the faith that can move mountains – we are not speaking of faith in general but of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

As far as I’m concerned, it’s a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks, hag-ridden with myopia, apathy, and complacence, and generally stuck in a bog of stagnant mediocrity.

Lord keep us all from sin. Teach us how to walk circumspectly; enable us to guard our minds against error of doctrine, our hearts against wrong feelings, and our lives against evil actions.

I fear that there are too many priesthood bearers who have done little or nothing to develop their ability to access the powers of Heaven.

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God – but to create him.

I do think that a minister who can preach a sermon without addressing sinners does not know how to preach.

How is it possible for someone who believes that the world was created in six days to have a rational conversation with me, who doesn’t believe that, about other possibilities?

Truly, there is a Christian note which makes the whole World vibrate, like an immense gong, in the divine Christ. This note is unique and universal, and in it alone consists the Gospel.

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love.

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

Religion was instituted to make us happy in this life and in the other. What must we do to be happy in the life to come? Be just.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you’re able to pay off your house. That’s God shifting things in your favor.

I don’t believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very strongly there is an intelligence at work in every flower, in every blade of grass, in every cell of my body. And it is that intelligence that, I wouldn’t say created the universe. It is creating the universe. It’s an ongoing process.

As a member of the Church, you have made sacred covenants with the Lord.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: ‚Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?‘ We must always consider the person.

The Bible says today is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation… But there will come a time when it will be too late for you.

And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.

The greatest tragedy in mankind’s entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

I don’t know which will go first – rock ‚n‘ roll or Christianity.

God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.

There is no hope of anyone going to Heaven unless they believe this truth I am presenting. You cannot go to Heaven unless you believe with all your heart that Jesus took your place in Hell.

Let us all remember this: one cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one’s life.

People don’t come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.

Every child that isn’t born, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

A beautiful homily, a genuine sermon, must begin with the first proclamation, with the proclamation of salvation. There is nothing more solid, deep and sure than this proclamation.

Lord Jesus, we come just as we are; this is how we came at first, and this is how we come still, with all our failures, with all our transgressions, with all and everything that is what it ought not to be, we come to Thee.

There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this.

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually.

My grandpa was a preacher.

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor – over each other.

I don’t think a Jewish or Christian or Islamic state is a proper concept. I would object to the United States as a Christian state.

I’m amazed sometimes by the Christians who don’t really believe that God wants to help them and bless them.

I don’t mind saying, you know, that I don’t take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.

We can never make ourselves better by trying… praying more or longer, studying more of the Word, performing good works, etc. Don’t get me wrong… it’s not bad to do any of these things. In fact, it’s good. It’s just that doing them in God’s power is the only way those things will have any real and lasting effect in our lives.

Only God can look at somebody’s heart.

To gather with God’s people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.

As we regularly spend time reading God’s Word and talking to Him in prayer, we put ourselves in position for Him to do things in our lives we could never do on our own.

I think you can judge from somebody’s actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there’s a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.

God’s angels often protect his servants from potential enemies.

Knowing that the time to sleep has come, the Lord sleeps, and does well in sleeping. Often, when we have been fretting and worrying, we should have glorified God far more had we literally gone to sleep.

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only!

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody’s life.

Politics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion.

In this quest to seek and find God in all things, there is still an area of uncertainty. There must be. If a person says that he met God with total certainty and is not touched by a margin of uncertainty, then this is not good.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, ‚What sign do I want to give to God?‘ That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear.