Pastoral Resources

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

I think Muslims have become the new Negroes in America. They are being mistreated at airports, by the Immigration - everywhere. Islam is a religion of peace. They are wrong.

There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious.

In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.

A dislike of death is no proof of the want of religion. The instincts of nature shrink from it, for no creature can like its own dissolution. But though death is not desired, the result of it may be, for dying to the Christian is the way to life eternal.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.

Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.

I fear it's because religion is man's attempt to reach God, and when he feels he has succeeded, he cannot abide anyone else's claim to have done the same.

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital interests of the majority religion, if there is one, and it protects minority religions from tyranny of the majority.

Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness.

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.