Churched Quotes

#1. God's downward descent to us in grace reversed by our upward ascent in pragmatic enthusiasm, we are increasingly becoming a sheep without a Shepherd - and all in the name of mission. Instead of churching the unchurched, we are well on our way to even unchurching the churched.

Michael S. Horton

#2. We have so many churches these days that instead of reaching the unchurched are unchurching the churched"
~ Dr. Michael Horton

Anna Sofia Botkin

#3. According to Barna surveys, 61 percent of today's youth had been churched at one point during their teen years but are now spiritually disengaged.

Philip Yancey

#4. Even at home, with theatres and all sorts of amusements, changes of scene and people, four months idleness would be tedious: One can then imagine how much worse it is for us.

Alfred Lansing

#5. Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

Epictetus

#6. Like the vain curlings of the watery maze,
Which in smooth streams a sinking weight does raise,
So Man, declining always, disappears
In the weak circles of increasing years;
And his short tumults of themselves compose,
While flowing Time above his head does close.

Andrew Marvell

#7. Business money is limitless.

Muhammad Yunus

#8. Are we going to be stupid?" she whispered.
"Define stupid."
"Anything that involves either one of us exposing our favorite body parts." Or their hearts ...
"I want to hear about your favorite body part," he said. "In great detail.

Jill Shalvis

#9. Cleansing. An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter." "He's right, I feel great

Brandon Mull

#10. Ever since I was young, I was always interested in exploring spirituality. I know that there are many paths to God, there is not just one path.

Kyan Douglas

#11. I think that marriage is always the triumph of hope over fear.

Mary Jo Putney

#12. God has entrusted me with myself.

Epictetus

#13. It is our duty, my young friends, to resist old age.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#14. Oddly enough, we can destroy the very things that allowed us to pursue our agendas in the first place.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#15. Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.

Gautama Buddha

#16. I've found, being in Los Angeles, it's like living in a live-action Planet Hollywood.

Mike Birbiglia

#17. The greatest graduates come from the University of Life.

Matshona Dhliwayo