“We are all just in here because we took the wrong turn going to church.”— Jenji Kohan, Poussey Washington, Samira Wiley, imdb.com
“God's angry that there's an abomination in the church, and if we don't get rid of 'it,' it's just gonna keep on happening.”— Jenji Kohan, Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett, Taryn Manning, imdb.com
“Gabriel Stokes: This is the Lord's house! Maggie Greene: No. It's just four walls and a roof.”— Angela Kang, Corey Reed, Maggie Greene, Lauren Cohan, imdb.com
“The church sent missionaries to America to teach the Indians the correct method of sex. In return, they taught us the correct method of sitting in second grade.”— Eric Ziobrowski, Jeff Chiang, Stan Smith (voice), Seth MacFarlane, imdb.com
“Stan, can we stop by church on the way to breakfast? Before I take my first sip of O.J., I like to take a big gulp of Jesus.”— Erik Durbin, Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Barry Robinson (Vocie), Eddie Kaye Thomas, imdb.com
“Nowadays, do you realize that by 1993, that 50 percent of the American families will be single-parented. And that shows a breakdown in the church, in not being able to hold families together.”— John Wayne Gacy, chicago.cbslocal.com
“It is better to go skiing and think of God, than to go to church and think of sport.”— Fridtjof Nansen, en.wikiquote.org
“The early morning belongs to the Church of the risen Christ. At the break of light it remembers the morning on which death and sin lay prostrate in defeat and new life and salvation were given to mankind.”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com
“The community of the saints is not an ‘ideal’ community consisting of perfect and sinless men and women, where there is no need of further repentance. No, it is a community which proves that it is worthy of the gospel of forgiveness by constantly and sincerely proclaiming God's forgiveness....Sancti…”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com
“True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be aware of its dangers. In the last resort it is immaterial whether we pray in the open street or in the secrecy of our chambers, whether briefly or lengthily, in the Litany of the…”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com
“So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going back home with the uncomfortable feeling that we are making it too difficult for them to come to Jesus.”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com
“My mother and father used to take me to church in Mexico and Texas, were I used to live. The huge figures of saints and crucifixions. Religion played a big role in my life.”— Richard Ramirez, evilminds.tumblr.com
“To stand in this house is to be reminded of what is most beautiful about religious faith.”— Salman Rushdie, amazon.com
“Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit—in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.”— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com
“...have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.”— Alice Walker, amazon.com
“Sadly, some have gone so far as to claim it does not matter what a man believes so long as he behaves himself and attends church.”— Arthur H. Stainback, ministrymagazine.org
“We have come through a time of peril—and we are not finished with it yet—when we were told: ‘Everything will be quite different when you as a Church cease to have such an entirely different flavor—when you cease to practice preaching which is the opposite of what the world around you preaches. You r…”— Martin Niemoller, steadfastlutherans.org
“I’m pro marriage. Nearly 40 years of ups and downs to back that up. But when we as a church culture demonize divorce as the worst possible outcome - the sin of all sins - we truly have no clue on this ever loving earth what some people are enduring. We do not submit to abuse. NO.”— Beth Moore, twitter.com
“I was at church last night, and the pastor said, ‘You want more friends? Be friendly.’”— Chris Pratt, mensjournal.com