William Cowper Quotes

I think a good pastor is somebody who is honest and humble and has a really caring heart.

I love going to black churches, and I love some of these black preachers. The best preacher I ever saw in my life was a 93-year-old in a black church in Hamilton, Virginia. What a preacher!

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.

Pope John Paul, a man of peace and compassion, was one of the most revered leaders of our time.

President Eyring is a wise, learned, and spiritual man.

Roy Moore is a man of faith.

I want to be a pastor in a high school.

I believe in the Bible and I try to follow the Bible. I know I'm an imperfect person … I'm not making myself an angel because I'm not an angel and I'm not a devil either. I try to be the best I can and I try to do what I think is right.

I definitely know the minister Honorable Louis Farrakhan. But I don't really believe in organized religion like that. I don't know what it does for people in the long run.

I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend, with the generous energy of a father, and with the exuberant affection of a mother.

O Lord, who art our guide even unto death, grant us, I pray Thee, grace to follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest. In little daily duties to which Thou callest us, bow down our wills to simple obedience.

Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit, and not give the bread of life.

The pulpit is a clergyman's parade; the parish is his field of active service.

Muhammad was, first of all, a Prophet of course, a beloved and lover of God, a father, an army commander, a judge, a ruler of a community, the King of Medina and later of Arabia, and all of these were combined in him and his destiny, the reason God brought him on earth, was to show how each of the functions which human beings have in life have the perfect form in the prophet.

Pastor Kerney Thomas to these hoes.. miwacles.

I'm a preacher first and a writer second, although my role is changing a bit at the church. I'm going to bring on a co-teacher, but I'll still be a pastor and a writer.

I'm not looking for peace on earth, though, through a political solution. I'm a pastor.

I really can't claim ever to have had an exceptionally close relationship with a minister. I'm always there. I pay my pledge. I listen and observe with interest. I'm very sympathetic with the rigor and the aesthetic quality of what they do. Aside from that, I don't have a kind of personal experience with any of them that I could consider privileged, so to speak.

My God, since you are with me and since, by Your will, I must occupy myself with external things, please grant me the grace to remain with You, in Your presence. Work with me, so that my work might be the very best. Receive as an offering of love both my work and all my affections.

Even through such simple acts as telling the truth, being kind, and encouraging others, we bring a smile to God's face.

A doctor’s door should never be closed, a priest's door should always be open.

Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened.

The object of (Christian) faith is not the teaching but the Teacher.

Soul-force comes only through God's grace and never descends upon a man who is a slave to lust.