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Women are the first witnesses to the resurrection and pillars of the early church. -- John Ortberg
In early church polemics, Jews are deemed no longer worthy of their own Scriptures because they have failed to accept Christ as the Messiah. -- Jack Schwartz
There is not much we can say with absolute confidence about the early church, but we can be fairly sure that the first Christians would not have dreamed of making a likeness of Jesus. -- Neil MacGregor
Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church. -- Tony Campolo
St. Paul was making it impossible to be Jewish and Christian at the same time. What is very striking about those early churches and communities is that you could be both. Under Paul, though, you absolutely couldn't. -- Simon Schama
It was a real surprise to me to come across the evidence that Christianity might once have been a danced religion. Certainly, some of the early church leaders thought this was great and spoke of what seems to have been circle dancing, perhaps around an altar. -- Barbara Ehrenreich
I think people are transient. Back in the early church, there was a 'stick and stay' mentality. In this day and time, people have a fast food mentality of ministry. If it doesn't fit them or if it doesn't fit in their schedule, they'll move on to something else. That's a norm in today's time. -- Marvin Sapp
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Saints of the early church reaped great harvests in the field of prayer and found the mercy seat to be a mine of untold treasures. -- Charles Spurgeon
Today, on our own turf, we face pagan ignorance about God every bit as deep as that which the early church faced in the Roman Empire. -- J. I. Packer
That is the power of the Eucharist. At the communion table you have rich and poor together in the early church and they were being challenged. -- Shane Claiborne
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I want people to help me reanchor the church to undeniable, mind-boggling, culture-shifting demonstration of compassion and generosity. Because, generosity was the hallmark of the early church. -- Andy Stanley
We sometimes idealize the early church and want our churches to go back to the simple, old ways. We need to carefully read the history. Harmony takes work. -- Jerry B. Jenkins
If the church of today does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authentic ring, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Never was the victory of patience more complete than in the early church. The anvil broke the hammer by bearing all the blows that the hammer could place upon it. The patience of the saints was stronger than the cruelty of tyrants. -- Charles Spurgeon
I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of the Acts afforded me a practical picture of the early church; which made me feel deeply the contrast with its actual present state; though still, as ever beloved by God. -- John Nelson Darby
I was brought up Catholic and know the stench of the Catholic Church. I moved away from religion early, but the impression remains. -- Gunter Grass
I was in a church choir early on and that really helped me musically in terms of chops, learning how to sing harmonies. -- Emily Saliers
The early Church had nothing but the Old Testament. The New Testament lies hidden in the Old; the Old Testament lies open in the New. -- Randall Terry
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
I was raised in a working class family of Baptist faith, and I went to college on a church scholarship where early teachings were reinforced. Abortion was wrong, I was taught. -- Dick Gephardt
How the early priests came into possession of these secrets does not appear, and if there were ever any records of this kind the Church would hardly allow them to become public. -- Harry Houdini
Each of our children during their high school years went to 'early morning seminary' - scripture study classes that met in the home of a church member every school day morning from 6:30 until 7:15. -- Clayton Christensen
There has always been a certain proportion of people who leave the Church on issues of authority and sex. That hasn't changed since we started doing research on it back in the early 1960s. -- Andrew Greeley
In the early 1800s, religion was often used as a way to keep slavery in place. Slaves were forced to attend the church of their owners, listen to selective dogma that kept them obedient and subservient. -- Sue Monk Kidd
I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe. -- Alice Walker
The thing I love about Rome is that is has so many layers. In it, you can follow anything that interests you: town planning, architecture, churches or culture. It's a city rich in antiquity and early Christian treasures, and just endlessly fascinating. There's nowhere else like it. -- Claire Tomalin
Religion triggers a lot of emotions in me, most of which stem from being raised Jewish in a very Baptist community in the South. I didn't believe any of it from an early age - the clubby quality of whatever religion or church you belonged to, Judaism included. It just struck me as foolish. -- David Cross
Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hearing their lead singer Clarence made me connect the idea of church and show business and see how I could make a career singing music that stirred the soul. -- Daryl Hall
The loss of psalmody in the church is one of the early indicators of the loss of faith. -- Kevin Swanson
The early Church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity. -- Leonard Ravenhill
When the early Church recited the Apostles Creed, it was simultaneously their greatest act of rebellion, and their greatest act of submission. -- Matt Chandler
In the early days of the Mormon Church, stewardship toward the land was a priority. It was a matter of survival in the desert. -- Terry Tempest Williams
The worlds of folklore and religion were so mingled in early twentieth venture German culture that even families who didn't go to church were often deeply Christian. -- Eric Metaxas
With the early Christians you couldn't have God as your father unless you have the church as your mother. This isn't accepting the church as a perfect thing. -- Shane Claiborne
In my twenties, I was determined to change the world. In my thirties, I tried to transform the church. In my early forties, I discovered I was the problem. -- Jeff Iorg

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