Reforming The Church Quotes

#1. Erasmus of Rotterdam, a sixteenth-century priest who was committed to reforming the church from within, said, When faith came to be in writings rather than in hearts, contention grew hot and love grew cold. That which is forced cannot be sincere, and that which is not voluntary cannot please Christ.

Shane Claiborne

#2. Incredible. It is just incredible that you can notice something like that when your face is so cold you can't feel it anymore, and you know perfectly well you are surrounded by death, and the only way to stay alive is to endure the howling wind and hold your course. And still the sky is beautiful.

Elizabeth Wein

#3. Only is a powerful word. It is extreme. It picks a fight. It draws a line in the sand.

Rob Rienow

#4. There are chaps who don't care for them, you know. Simply can't abide them. Can't stand the sight of them, their titties and their big sit-upons,

Alan Hollinghurst

#5. Sometimes I get a little drunk, sometimes I get a little out of it, sometimes I get out of tune onstage, but that's something that shouldn't be dissected.

Stephen Stills

#6. Of course, being open and vulnerable will lead us to, sometimes, experience pain. But what is pain? It is simply a feeling. It is not forever. If you get pain from some person or thing too many times, you can always walk away. To risk a lifetime without pleasure simply to avoid pain is ludicrous.

Vironika Tugaleva

#7. The real church is comprised of a long list of "formers" who collectively work together for world reform.

Johnnie Dent Jr.

#8. Once you accept an idea, it's an idea whose time has come.

William James

#9. Nonexistence never hurt anyone. Existence hurts everyone.

Thomas Ligotti

#10. This book is dedicated to all of my friends who helped me get to where I am today - you know who you are ... and when I find you I am going to kill you.

Lewis Black

#11. God is decreeing to begin some newand great period in his Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. What does he then but reveal Himself to his servants, and as his manner is, first to his Englishmen?

John Milton