Martin Luther Theologian “Cujus region, ejus rligio (Whoever's reign, his religion) ... He who owns the country owns the Church, and he that makes your laws for you has the right to make your religion for you.” Country Law Church ♥ 3
Martin Luther Theologian “Marriage is a civic matter. It is really not, together with all its circumstances, the business of the church.” Matter Together Church ♥ 3
Martin Luther Theologian “No man should be alone when he opposes Satan. The Church and the ministry of the Word were instituted for this purpose, that hands may be joined together and one may help another.” Men Hands Church ♥ 3
Martin Luther Theologian “[Our] plan is to follow the example of the prophets and the ancient fathers of the church, and to compose psalms...so that the Word of God may be among the people also in the form of music.” People Father Church ♥ 3
Martin Luther Theologian “In the Church, great wonders daily occur, such as the forgiveness of sins, triumph over death . . . the gift of righteousness and eternal life.” Church Wonder Triumph ♥ 3
Martin Luther Theologian “Isaiah calls the Church barren because her children are born without effort by the Word of faith through the Spirit of God. It is a matter of birth, not of exertion.” Children Effort Church ♥ 3
MW Matthew West Singer-Songwriter “Anyone attempting to live a Christian lifestyle will always be pressed towards settling for "nominal Christianity." For the believer who lives in the Bible Belt, it can become less about whether one is living his or her life in complete and total sold-out devotion to God, and more about where I'm going to lunch after church. If I live in an area where Christians are in the minority, there is the pressure to take a more a la carte approach to one's belief system. It's safer to take some of God's teachings and apply the parts we like but push aside that which seems too extreme or exclusive.” Christian Teaching Church ♥ 3
Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist “Black women have not historically stood in the pulpit, but that doesn't undermine the fact that they built the churches and maintain the pulpits.” Facts Black Church ♥ 3
Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist “The public library building, in my view, is just a little lower than the church, the cathedral, the temple, the synagogue and the mosque. Within those walls and along those stacks, I have found security and assurance.” Views Wall Church ♥ 3
Michael Emerson Actor “But what we found in the study is that churches are ten times less diverse than the neighborhoods they sit in. So there's something more going on than just reflecting the neighborhood, yeah.” Church Study Yeah ♥ 3
Michael Emerson Actor “I think whites are used to being in power, so when whites think we ought to have integrated churches they think, "People ought to come to our church. What can we do to get them to come?"” People Thinking Church ♥ 3
Meryl Streep Actress, Producer “I follow no doctrine. I don't belong to a church or a temple or a synagogue or an ashram.” Church Doctrine Temples ♥ 3
