Going To Church Quotes

• Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let's not go to Church, let's be the Church.

  Bill Hybels

  Jesus, Church, Christ

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• Stop going to church everywhere and start belonging to church somewhere.

  Matt Chandler

  Church, Belonging

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• For some people, going to church is going home. In a very profound sense, I would say the same thing. Home is where Christ is.

  Frederick Buechner

  Home, People, Profound

  Interview with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. April 5, 2006.

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• The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church...is almost like the difference between calling your girl on the phone and spending an evening with her.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Girl, Phones, Differences

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• The issue is not going to church; rather, the issue is worshipping and renewing covenants as we attend church. The issue is not going to or through the temple; rather, the issue is having in our hearts the spirit, the covenants, and the ordinances of the Lord's house. The issue is not going on a mission; rather, the issue is becoming a missionary and serving throughout our entire life with all of our heart, might, mind, and strength.

  David A. Bednar

  Heart, Issues, House

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• The thing is, dressing up, going to church, dropping a twenty in the offering plate, those things are all well and good, but that doesn't make you a Christian.

  Matthew West

  Christian, Offering, Dressing Up

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• Do you look forward to going to church, or is it something you do out of obligation?

  Joyce Meyer

  Church, Looks, Obligation

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• Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.

  Billy Sunday

  Funny, Hilarious, Christian

  Billy Sunday, William Thomas Ellis (1917). “Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ”

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• I tell people, you know, going to the club doesn’t make me a bad person, going to church doesn’t make you a good one.

  Miley Cyrus

  People, Church, Clubs

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• I thought being a Christian was about following rules and going to church and being good all the time, but this girl helped me understand that it's about having a relationship with God. That was where things shifted for me.

  Kelly Clark

  Girl, Christian, Church

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• I miss going to church, but I think the Lord understands.

  Ronald Reagan

  Thinking, Missing, Religion

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• So that Sunday morning I ended up going to church and that’s when I got saved.

  Russell Wilson

  Morning, Sunday, Church

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• A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.

  Russell Baker

  Sunday, America, Political

  "The Morals Charge". The New York Times, May 14, 1974.

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• All over this nation, all over this world there are people going to church today and they say they are believers, but until you can take what you've been taught and bring it to the place you gave up - you will never be the radical believer that you need to be for the times in which we live.

  T. D. Jakes

  Church Today, People, Needs

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• Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

  Lenny Bruce

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  The Essential Lenny Bruce, ed. John Cohen (1967)

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• I had a dream that my dad passed away and that Jesus came into the room and he was basically knocking on my door, saying, 'Hey, you need to find out more about me.' So that Sunday morning I ended up going to church, and that's when I got saved.

  Russell Wilson

  Dream, Jesus, Morning

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• Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats; then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Failure, Humor

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• I believe in eight of the ten commandments. I believe in going to church every Sunday... unless there's a game on.

  Steve Martin

  Funny, Believe, Humor

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• The one pleasure that never palls is the pleasure of not going to church.

  Mary Roberts Rinehart

  Church, Pleasure

  Mary Roberts Rinehart (2013). “The Red Lamp”, p.137, Overamstel Uitgevers

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• The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.

  Benjamin Rush

  Knowing Jesus, Truth Will Prevail, Orthodox Church

  Benjamin Rush (1951). “Letters of Benjamin Rush: 1793-1813”

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• Volleyball is like going to church ... many attend, but few understand.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Volleyball, Church

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• I'm very interested in religion and different religions, and I know quite a lot about it. I love gospel music, and I love going to churches, but the one drawback is that I don't actually believe in God. And it is quite a handicap, you know.

  Nick Lowe

  Believe, Church, Different

  "Nick Lowe Brings His 'Quality Holiday Revue' To America". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 22, 2014.

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• To a true believer, death is but going to church: from the church below to the church above.

  Augustus Toplady

  Church, Believer, True Believer

  Augustus Toplady (1825). “The works of Augustus M. Toplady”, p.274

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• Some keep the Sabbath going to church, I keep it staying at home, with a bobolink for a chorister, and an orchard for a dome.

  Emily Dickinson

  Nature, Home, Gardening

  c.1860 Complete Poems, no.324 (first published 1864).

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• I just want you to know you aren't going to church with a crook.

  Bernard Ebbers

  Church, Crooks, Want

  "WorldCom inquiry widens" by David Teather, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2002.

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