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“The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where flawed people place their faith in Christ, gather to know and love him better, and learn to love others as he designed.”
― Paul David Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change

“When we struggle for human rights, for freedom, for dignity, when we feel that it is a ministry of the church to concern itself for those who are hungry, for those who have no schools, for those who are deprived, we are not departing from God’s promise. He comes to free us from sin, and the church knows that sin’s consequences are all such injustices and abuses. The church knows it is saving the world when it undertakes to speak also of such things.”
― Oscar A. Romero, The Violence Of Love

“There are wolves within, and there are sheep without.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo, City of God

“For the church, the many abuses of human life, liberty, and dignity are a heartfelt suffering. The church, entrusted with the earth’s glory, believes that in each person is the Creator’s image and that everyone who tramples it offends God. As holy defender of God’s rights and of his images, the church must cry out. It takes as spittle in its face, as lashes on its back, as the cross in its passion, all that human beings suffer, even though they be unbelievers. They suffer as God’s images. There is no dichotomy between man and God’s image. Whoever tortures a human being, whoever abuses a human being, whoever outrages a human being abuses God’s image, and the church takes as its own that cross, that martyrdom.”
― Oscar A. Romero, The Violence Of Love

“God has always been about the business of shattering expectations, and in our culture, the standards of leadership are extroverted. It perfectly follows the biblical trend that God would choose the unexpected and the culturally "unfit" - like introverts - to lead his church for the sake of greater glory.”
― Adam S. McHugh, Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture

“Let us not forget: we are a pilgrim church, subject to misunderstanding, to persecution, but a church that walks serene, because it bears the force of love.”
― Oscar A. Romero, The Violence Of Love

“The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.”
― Matthew Henry

“If we're going to impact our world in the name of Jesus, it will be because people like you and me took action in the power of the Spirit. Ever since the mission and ministry of Jesus, God has never stopped calling for a movement of "Little Jesuses" to follow him into the world and unleash the remarkable redemptive genius that lies in the very message we carry. Given the situation of the Church in the West, much will now depend on whether we are willing to break out of a stifling herd instinct and find God again in the context of the advancing kingdom of God.”
― Alan Hirsch, The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church

“He cannot have God for his Father who will not have the Church for his mother.”
― St. Augustine of Hippo

“Fat Charlie wondered what Rosie's mother would usually hear in a church. Probably just cries of "Back! Foul best of Hell!" followed by gasps of "Is it alive?" and a nervous inquiry as to whether anybody had remembered to bring the stakes and hammers.”
― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys

“Life seems to be fashioned and formed best out of the obstacles that seem unbearable.”
― John Paul Warren

“I believe in love. I believe in the love Lucy shows me, the kind I'll try hard to give back to her in full. I believe in things I can't put into words, but things I know to be true.
I believe in us. I believe in this.
Amen.”
― Katie Henry, Heretics Anonymous

“Be a FRIEND and stop worrying about having any”
― John Paul Warren

“I don't like bullshit and pretense.
I can't enjoy the joy at church...
without some cash in my wallet.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“I have not learned a single lesson, been inspired or impacted by another person’s life void of negative experiences.”
― John Paul Warren

“Impossible situations TEST you and PROVE Him”
― John Paul Warren

“In a short time a group of commissioners arrived to begin organization of a new Indian agency in the valley. One of them mentioned the advantages of schools for Joseph’s people. Joseph replied that the Nez Percés did not want the white man’s schools. “Why do you not want schools?â€� the commissioner asked. “They will teach us to have churches,â€� Joseph answered. “Do you not want churches?â€� “No, we do not want churches.â€� “Why do you not want churches?â€� “They will teach us to quarrel about God,â€� Joseph said. “We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth, but we never quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that.”
― Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

“Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON.”
― John Paul Warren

“I want to do it too!â€� said Gazzy, sitting very, very quietly, completely motionless.
“Nope,â€� said Nudge, shaking her head. “You stand out like a fart in church.”
― James Patterson, The Final Warning

“The real architect of a life is the hard and almost impossible circumstances one faces.”
― John Paul Warren

“The IMPOSSIBLE is ONLY relevant to those who NEVER attempt it…otherwise it is ABSTACT and MEANINGLESS”
― John Paul Warren

“Moving forward implies MOTION when in all actuality it may be simply standing STILL and seeing the salvation of the Lord.”
― John Paul Warren

“Your outlook affects your outcome”
― John Paul Warren

“I am accountable.
I am correctable.
I am transformable.
Presenting myself a living sacrifice to God.
By the love of God.
By the word of God.
Completely supplied in Christ Jesus.
Unto all good works.”
― Carlton T. Brown, Till Death Do We Shop

“Get plugged in at your church. Find a way to invest yourself. Let's change the church's problem from 'Where do we find the help we need?' to 'What do we do with all the help we have?' The revolution begins now; and it starts with you.”
― Tyler Edwards, Zombie Church: Breathing Life Back into the Body of Christ

“My life has far exceeded my expectations not because of my own personal efforts or mindset but because of my friends who have enriched my existence”
― John Paul Warren

“Zachary notified the local newspapers and all pertinent radio and television stations. He called a press conference at the home of his client, Jennifer Tracey, to announce the filing of a major multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a major religious institution. The dye had been cast. A long, tough road lay ahead. For Zachary, Jennifer, Kenny, and Jake, there was no turning back.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“Vicar: You ought to try [religion], one of these days," he said. "I believe you'd like it." I said: "but I have tried it, haven't I? I've been to church. It never seems to take.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“Something happened here. I know it, and so do you. I will find out what, when, and to whom. Apparently, I'll have to find out the hard way, but I'll find out . . .”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith

“No, justice, simple justice. We tend to forget we went to law school to pursue justice for our clients. We get so caught up in the game of the law, we forget the purpose.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal of Faith