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Pastor Kerney Thomas to these hoes.. miwacles. -- Drake
Pastor is a driver who doesn't respect other drivers. -- Sergio Perez
Prisons are hate factories, Pastor, and society wants more and more of them. -- John Grisham
Prisons are hate factories, Pastor, and society wants more and more of them." -- John Grisham
Pastor: One employed by the wicked to prove to them by his example that virtue doesn't pay. -- H. L. Mencken
Yes, I'm a Pastor of a church called Understand Principles for Better Living Church, in Los Angeles, CA. -- Della Reese
I have an awesome church home and an awesome Pastor down in L.A., and I couldn't be happier. -- Jonny Lang
I can tell you 100 percent Pastor Jones will not burn the Quran tomorrow. There will be no Quran burning. -- K. A. Paul
The only thing worse than the Pastor Terry Jones scheduled Koran burning is the fact that he canceled the proposed event. -- Henry Rollins
She squinted up at him. "But I haven't always made good decisions." Pastor Harris smiled. "All that shows is that you're human. -- Nicholas Sparks
The theater is the 'church' and when I'm on that stage I am the Priest/Pastor, it is a pure spiritual journey for me. -- Richard Cabral
The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine might be the most helpful and profound book I've read in years. If you're in pastoral ministry grab a copy. -- Matt Chandler
My experience as a pastor is lots of people have really toxic, dangerous, psychologically devastating images of God in their head, images of a God who's not good. -- Rob Bell
The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn't mean that you believe everything he says without examining it. -- John Piper
Do you think the Bible is accurate? I mean, do you think it's real?" " I think Pastor Calvin is hot. In a fortysomething way. That pretty much sums up my religious conviction -- Becca Fitzpatrick
Pastor Saeed Abedini is coming home. Held for three and a half years, his unyielding faith has inspired people around the world in the global fight to uphold freedom of religion. Now Pastor Abedini will return to his church and community in Idaho. -- Barack Obama
(Pastor Chuck) Smith told his elders in no uncertain terms that if the church had to turn away young people because of bare feet and clothes that they would be better off ripping up the carpet and replacing the pews with steel folding chairs. -- Larry Eskridge
Still hurting so much today from what my prior Pastor and 19church board did to me last year, and I really want to get past that. I want and need to forgive them, to move on with my life and look forward, forget the past. -- Michael Richard Stosic
More than anything, he wanted to return to the house with the same look of peace that he'd seen on Pastor Harris's face, but he trudged through the sand, he couldn't help feeling like an amateur, someone searching for God's truths like a child searching for seashells. -- Nicholas Sparks
I believe in God - not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God. There is God, and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being. -- Pope Francis
When I fell in love with hip-hop, my favorite rapper was Jay-Z. But I used to like Common and Nas. But I was a South dude. So I grew up on UGK, Triple Six, Outkast, and Pastor Troy. That's where I get my lingo, my slang, my passion. -- Cyhi the Prynce
I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible failures I'm sure I've done them - to the God-centeredness of God and my aspiring, yearning to join Him in that activity. God is passionate about hallowing the name of God. -- John Piper
The church is not a campus but a community. Pastors are not CEOs; they are shepherds. -- Dillon Burroughs
The vocation of pastor(s) has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans. -- Eugene H. Peterson
The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word -- John Owen
"Jesus said to 5 of 7 churches, "Repent or Else." That should be the focus of every pastor, denomination. We are headed for the OR ELSE." -- Michael Catt
Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church's credibility. -- Pope Francis
Many pastors criticize me for taking the Gospel so seriously. But do they really think that on Judgment Day, Christ will chastise me, saying, 'Leonard, you took Me too seriously'? -- Leonard Ravenhill
You need to be in a church where the pastors are urging you, not so much to listen to what they say as to turn to the Bible from which they teach. -- Alistair Begg
The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both. -- John Calvin
You must not lose confidence in God because you lost confidence in your pastor. If our confidence in God had to depend upon our confidence in any human person, we would be on shifting sand. -- Francis Schaeffer
A pastor should never complain about his congregation, certainly never to other people, but also not to God. A congregation has not been entrusted to him in order that he should become its accuser before God and men. -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such congregations, and that God did raise up such in the church as we see it in the word. -- John Nelson Darby
You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with the additions of a vast number of thinkers, theologians and pastors, has resisted and still exists after two thousand years. -- Pope Francis
You can tell how popular a church is by who comes on Sunday morning. You can tell how popular the pastor or evangelist is by who comes on Sunday night. But you can tell how popular Jesus is by who comes to the prayer meeting. -- Jim Cymbala
It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation from the church's pastors wherever it occurs. ... The intrinsic dignity of each person must always be respected in work, in action and in law. -- Pope Benedict XVI
As long as leadership from above was not lacking, the people fulfilled their duty and obligation overwhelmingly. Whether Protestant pastor or Catholic priest, both together and particularly at the first flare, there really existed in both camps but a single holy German Reich, for whose existence and future each man turned to his own heaven. -- Adolf Hitler
Consider what it takes for successful businessmen and businesswomen, effective entrepreneurs and hardworking associates, shrewd retirees and idealistic students to combine forces with a creative pastor to grow a "successful church" today. Clearly, it doesn't require the power of God to draw a crowd in our culture. A few key elements that we can manufacture will suffice. -- David Platt
Citizenship means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each day. I have seen the courage of parents, students, pastors, and police officers all over this country who say 'we are not afraid,' and I intend to keep trying, with or without Congress, to help stop more tragedies from visiting innocent Americans in our movie theaters, shopping malls, or schools like Sandy Hook. -- Barack Obama
No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere. -- Leonard Ravenhill
Being a pastor is pressure because we have to counsel people. -- Marvin Sapp
I'm a reverend and a pastor. A pastor of the church. I go by usually pastor. -- Joel Osteen
As a pastor, I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable. -- Andy Stanley
I would be a pastor. It is something I think about doing when my playing days are over. -- Jeremy Lin
I certainly respect other people's opinions, but I would not vote for a woman to be the pastor of a church. -- Charles Stanley
The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do with individuals, not in the abstract. -- Eugene H. Peterson
The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do. -- Howard Dean
You get up and you preach a sermon and people walk away thinking what a great guy - and that's a failure as a pastor. Our job is to proclaim Christ. -- Joshua Harris
As a pastor, I have a deep desire to lead people to God and encourage people to pray, read the Bible, and carry their faith into every part of their lives. -- Adam Hamilton
The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was middle-class and fairly militant for the time and place. -- Julian Bond
God is my best friend. I talk to God every day. And no one can tell me how to talk to God - not no imam, not no priest, not no rabbi, no pastor. -- Eve
Pray for someone else's child, your pastor, the military, the police officers, the firemen, the teachers, the government. There's no end to the ways that you can intervene on behalf of others through prayer. -- Monica Johnson
I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling. It might not be to become a pastor. But I don't think God wastes anything. -- Eugene H. Peterson
The Internet has given atheists, agnostics, skeptics, the people who like to destroy everything that you and I believe, the almost equal access to your kids as your youth pastor and you have... whether you like it or not. -- Josh McDowell
A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as effective as the pastor's and people's commitment to trust and integrity is honored, guarded, and fulfilled. -- David Augsburger
You can't tell a woman who is called by God to teach that she cannot teach the Word of God... So I think the distinction is that there's a difference between the authority of a pastor and a Bible teacher. -- Charles Stanley
As a pastor, you get invited into the most poignant moments of people's lives. Whether it's a wedding or a funeral or a hospital visit, you get invited into the center of the event, whether or not you know the people. -- Rob Bell
As a pastor, I addressed the sorts of issues I see people struggling with most and the issues talked about most directly and most frequently in the New Testament. That leads us to recurring concerns with sexual immorality, relational sins, and vices associated with the breaking of the Ten Commandments. -- Kevin DeYoung
The most important thing a pastor does is stand in a pulpit every Sunday and say, 'Let us worship God.' If that ceases to be the primary thing I do in terms of my energy, my imagination, and the way I structure my life, then I no longer function as a pastor. -- Eugene H. Peterson
As a pastor in a Protestant church, my whole ministry centers on the conviction that by grace we are saved through faith. And it's not our faith that delivers us, as if believing something, anything at all were pleasing to God. It's the object of our faith - Christ's life, death, and resurrection - that saves us. -- Kevin DeYoung
I was in Christian broadcasting back in the 1970s. I was director of communications for James Robinson, and I really thought Christian broadcasting was going to be my career. There have been so many twist and turns in my life; of course I haven't been a pastor for almost 22 years, but it was a very important part of my life. -- Mike Huckabee
Prayer, study, and suffering make a pastor. -- Martin Luther
I teach metaphysics and pastor a church. -- Della Reese
As a pastor our main ministry is exhortation. -- Johnny Hunt
I take my role seriously as a pastor. -- Jesse Jackson
I'm first a pastor and then a writer. -- Max Lucado
I don't know if I'll always be a pastor. -- Max Lucado
As a pastor I reinforced my vision over lunches. -- John C. Maxwell
I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid. -- Wyclef Jean
I am a pastor so I eat and breathe the Church. -- Mark Batterson
Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor. -- Bernard of Clairvaux
I was a full-time pastor and a part-time follower of Christ. -- Craig Groeschel
I'm not a pastor; I've never been on staff at a church. -- Donald Miller
I struggle with trying to be a good pastor of a large church. -- Max Lucado
I attend Trinity United Church of Christ, and my pastor [was] Jeremiah Wright. -- Barack Obama
Barack Obama's a politician, I'm a pastor. We speak to two different audiences. -- Jeremiah Wright
The last thing I want to do is pastor a church Jesus ain't at. -- Matthew Carter
A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor. -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The experienced pastor will recognize to which situation humor belongs and to which belongs sobriety. -- Thomas Oden
Preaching is the pastor's main work, and preaching is heart work, not just mental work. -- John Piper
I'm not looking for peace on earth, though, through a political solution. I'm a pastor. -- Rick Warren
I don't know of a way to have a generous church without a generous pastor. -- Johnny Hunt
My dad's a pastor and a seminary professor; my mom, she has such great faith. -- Allyson Felix
Donald Trump in a church getting interrupted by the pastor because he started attacking Hillary Clinton. -- Bill Burton
Peace is joy at rest. Joy is peace on its feet. quoting her pastor in Salon, April 25, 2003 -- Anne Lamott
To be a prosperous pastor one needs: (1) a bible (2) a tailored suit; and (3) a few psychology books. -- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
I continue to be a pastor who speaks to the people of God about the things of God. -- Jeremiah Wright
The pastor owns the opportunity to issue of the flock that it is OK not to be OK. -- Matt Chandler
I think a good pastor is somebody who is honest and humble and has a really caring heart. -- Robert H. Schuller
A piece of paper doesn't make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet. -- D.R. Silva
My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now. -- Willie Aames
I've always been asked, "What type of character would you love to play?," and I've always said a pastor. -- Common
I saw footage of a well-known pastor holding a Bible and saying, "This book says homosexuals should be killed." -- Roger Ross Williams
Well, these tattoos aren't really rebellion. These tattoos are all tattoos I've had since I have been a pastor. -- Jay Bakker
If your Christianity depends upon a pastor's preaching, then you're a long way from being where you should be. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
A pastor friend of mine said, "Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities. -- Shane Claiborne
The goal of the pastor is not to get people to show up but to get people to grow up. -- John C. Maxwell
If you as a pastor don't have a passion for evangelism then don't be surprised if your people done either. -- Aubrey Malphurs
When each elder or pastor has his will aligned with the Lord's, we waste no time arguing for our own. -- Charles R. Swindoll
All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors. -- Max Lucado
Qualifications of a pastor: the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a rhinoceros -- Stuart Briscoe
We are like horses that must be broken; basically that one should submit to a pastor even if he is wrong. -- John Bevere
I think you could say every pastor is writing this book [ Max on Life]; for many it just never gets published. -- Max Lucado
There is nothing that could be revealed about a pastor that has not already been covered by the blood of Jesus -- Paul David Tripp
The pastor who cares about the spiritual growth of his people must make God and His Word the centerpiece of his ministry. -- Steven J. Law
We have our own language. Christianese... We don't say 'He's out of his mind,' no, we say 'That's our youth pastor. -- Tim Hawkins
Being a son of the pastor, I was never allowed to play Joseph or any of the big parts for political reasons. -- Tom Ellis
When the pastor and his or her church have a vision, they will put their energy, time, money, and personnel into achieving it. -- John C. Maxwell
A pastor can teach you on TV, but he can't pastor you on TV. There's so much to gain by belonging to a church. -- Chris Oyakhilome
If a pastor focuses only on teaching, he grows members with big ears and rears but tiny hands and hearts.Service is MODELED not taught. -- Rick Warren
A good church is a Bible-centered church. Nothing is as important as this--not a large congregation, a witty pastor, or tangible experiences of the Holy Spirit. -- Alistair Begg
Barack Obama says what he has to say as a politician. I say what I have to say as a pastor. But they're two different worlds. -- Jeremiah Wright
I started out in the ministry, went to college, started as a pastor, pastored for basically 25 years. That was a good time, I really enjoyed it. -- John C. Maxwell
Part of my driving desire as a pastor is to remove every obstacle except the cross that would keep people from coming to faith in Christ. -- Mark Batterson
Jesus meets every one of our deepest needs. And what we need to do is accept his gift of a pastor-given, purposeful living home in heaven. -- Rick Warren
When God wants to speak and deal with us, he does not avail himself of an angel but of parents, or the pastor, or of our neighbor. -- Martin Luther
The earlier practice of the Church had been more or less to employ in worship under the presidency of the pastor or pastors, the gifts of the congregation. -- Robert Rainy
God has presented this opportunity for us and we are stepping up to the plate. The pastor knows the area we work in and makes it much easier. -- Robert Nugent Lynch
I'm a pastor. I say, 'Let the church say amen,' and that settles it. Everything has been said, you know; it's like we have to agree with God. -- Andrae Crouch
I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom and said, So sorry about your son. -- Jai Rodriguez

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