Quotes by clergymen

We do not wish to enter Heaven until our work is done, for it would make us uneasy if there were one single soul left to be saved by our means. Charles Spurgeon

Work Soul Wish Single Saved Our Enter Would Until Make Single Soul Were Left Uneasy Done Heaven Us Means

This thing comes to me, not by the hearing of the ear, but by my own personal experience: I know of a surety that Jesus manifests Himself unto His people as He doth not unto the world. Charles Spurgeon

Me Experience People World Own My Own He Know Unto Himself His Hearing Personal Personal Experience Doth Thing Ear Jesus

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

Teacher God You Bible Woman Word Think Distinction Tell Between She Pastor Authority Difference Cannot Teach Who

God's arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won't let His beloved children get away with sin because He knows it robs us of blessings, opportunities, and even character refinement. Charles Stanley

One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to have to recognize, this is an area of weakness in my life. I have been tempted here before and before and before. Charles Stanley

Life My Life Important Important Things Before Recognize Weakness About Temptation Tempted Area Deal Been Going Things Here

If we rationalize our problems when He points them out, we will spend less and less time meditating because we won't want to face God in that area of our lives. Charles Stanley

I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge - and many people go to Bible studies and don't realize it isn't enough to know what's right, it's applying the information and the knowledge that you have. Charles Stanley

To me it seems as plain as can be that the Bible declares that all the wicked will God destroy; again, that those who, during the Millennial age when brought to a knowledge of the truth, shall prove willful sinners will be punished with everlasting destruction. Charles Taze Russell

God is gone up on high with a triumphant noise. Charles Wesley

God Noise Gone High Triumphant Up

The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity. Claudio Hummes

Faith Charity Solidarity Must Civil Itself Form Which Express

In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human beings, and to promote their fundamental rights, their dignity and liberty. Claudio Hummes

A servant church must have as its priority solidarity with the poor. Claudio Hummes

Church Solidarity Must Priority Poor Servant

The Church doesn't censor. It tries to guide its faithful through catechism. Claudio Hummes

Church Faithful Guide Tries Through Censor

We know that social exclusion is closely tied to the new economic world order, globalized, with free and open markets, which isn't bringing prosperity or social justice to all. Claudio Hummes

Justice World Prosperity Free Markets Economic Open Exclusion New Know Tied Closely Order Which Social Social Justice World Order Bringing

John Paul II made it clear that... liberation theology based on the teaching of Jesus Christ was necessary, but liberation theology that used a Marxist analysis was unacceptable. Claudio Hummes

Christ Made Analysis Liberation Unacceptable John John Paul Marxist Clear Paul Theology Used Teaching Based Jesus Necessary Jesus Christ

There needs to be a place in the church or just outside - there needs to be a place where people feel free to ask questions without being put upon, where they feel free to ask difficult, challenging questions to voice their skepticism. D. A. Carson

Needs People Church Free Difficult Voice Outside Put Feel Without Questions Just Being Where Place Skepticism Ask Challenging

God is a talking God, and thus you must come to wrestle with him. You must wrestle with what he said. D. A. Carson

God You Must Wrestle He Thus Come Him Talking Said

The children of today are the builders of a brave, new world - a world without want. Dada Vaswani

Today World New Builders Without Brave Brave New World New World Children Want

The farthest place on earth is the hour that is just over. Make the best use of the hour that has just begun! Dada Vaswani

Best Earth Over Hour Make Begun Just Place Use Farthest