Church Quotes

This doctrine of Christ and of the apostles, from which the true faith of the primitive church was received, the apostles at first delivered orally, without writing, but later, not by any human counsel but by the will of God, they handed it on in the Scriptures.

Martin Chemnitz
- God
- Writing
- True
Were it not for the work of the Holy Spirit there would be no gospel, no faith, no church, no Christianity in the world at all.

J. I. Packer
- World
- Work
- Faith

For me this world was neither so high nor so low as the Church would have it; chequered over with its wild light shadows, I could love it and all the children of it, more dearly, perhaps, because it was not all light.

James Anthony Froude
- World
- Children
- High
I went to church irregularly and was mostly reading comics in the pew.

Alice Sebold
- Reading
- Church
I remember one of the first gigs I played with that amp was at a local church. They wanted someone to fill in with the guitar and my friend say, 'Ah, he can play.' And so I dragged the amplifier down and started playing and everybody started yelling 'turn it down!'

Angus McKinnon Young AC/DC
- Remember
- Play
- Firsts
I was raised Presbyterian, but I'm not really going to church. I think the experience in meditation is pretty much where it's at for me.

David Lynch The Platters
What I try to get beyond is playing music at people and, instead, to play music with people because audience members are constantly part of the experience. What they say in their body language, what they say in their eyes, what they sing with me... it's an 'us,' and there's a communication that's like... it's like church, man.

Al Jarreau
- People
- Music
- Experience
The Protestant theologian replaced the church’s feudal cosmology with a worldview centered on the personal relationship of each believer with Christ. The democratization of worship fit well with the new communication/energy matrix that was empowering the new burgher class.

Jeremy Rifkin