James Lankford Quotes

I respect the Bible and offer namaz regularly. But I am ritualistic only up to a certain extent. I believe only in those rituals that I can understand and connect with, and conduct them my own way.

I'm not a practicing Catholic now. I didn't like what the church was doing with what Jesus had said, in a way. But I wouldn't say I'm not religious.

Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.

The sense of a spiritual dimension in life is absolutely important, and the religious communities are also important. The question of believing in a set of creedal statements is a lot less important, because I realize the Christian movement thrived then and can now on other elements of the tradition.

I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God.

But I don't necessarily define my faith by going to church every Sunday.

I am spiritual but not massively religious, and I don't go to church. If someone said 'What religion are you?' I would say 'Christian.' But I don't practice.

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued.

I committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since.

I consider myself a religious person. God is something very personal with me and I don't flaunt religion in conversation with others.

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it; and one's religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification.

I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting.

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.

A religion is not just a set of texts but the living beliefs and practices of its adherents.

I wouldn't say I am practicing Muslim - I don't go to the mosque or anything, but it's part of my identity.

I call myself 'Christ-leaning,' but that's primarily psychological.

Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians.

The man who never fasts is no more in the way to heaven than the man who never prays.

It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to "seeking first the kingdom."

Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.

No one can long worship God in spirit and in truth before the obligation to holy service becomes too strong to resist.

...churchgoing is not synonymous with personal spirituality. There are some people who get so busy in church worship and projects that they become insensitive to the pressing human needs that sourround them, contradicting the very precepts they profess to believe deeply.

I don't go to church on Sunday, don't get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way

I now opened my Bible and began to study, and faith has been growing ever since.

If I immerse myself in the scriptures...I find myself loving more intensely those whom I must love with all my heart and mind and strength, and loving them more. I find it easier to abide their counsel.