{"quotes":[{"text":"Whenever He answers prayers, God usually prioritizes those by people who, instead of their mouths, have prayed with their hands and/or feet.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["act","action","aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","arm","arms","atheism","atheist","atheists","believer","believers","church","churches","churchgoer","churchgoers","congregation","congregations","daydream","daydreamer","daydreamers","do","doer","doers","fate","feet","foot","funny","god","gods","hand","hands","hilarious","humor","humorous","humour","joke","jokes","karma","leg","legs","nonbeliever","nonbelievers","pagan","pray","prayed","prayer","prayers","praying","praying-man","praying-men","praying-woman","praying-women","prioritize","priority","quotations","quotes","religion","religions","satire","synagogue","synagogues","wish","wishful-thinking","worship","worshiper","worshipers","worshipper","worshippers"],"id":30707,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Yes an atheist priest can perfectly minister to a believing congregation and miracles can happen in that congregation. Miracles depend on the faith of the believer, not that of the officiant. A bartender who never takes alcohol can serve alcohol to his clients. What is necessary is that the priest believes he is doing the good work. The congregation needs faith and it helps them. It would be evil to deny them such a service in the name of his lack of faith. - Bangambiki Habyarimana.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["atheism","atheism-defined","atheism","atheist","atheist-argument","atheist-arguments","atheist-claims","atheist-club","atheist-pastor","atheist-philosophers","atheist-priest","atheist","atheistic","atheistic-philosophy","atheistic-religion","atheists","belief","belief-in-god","belief","belief-system","beliefs","believer","believing","church","clergy","clergy","congregation","faith","faith-in-god","faith-in-yourself","faith","faith-reason","faith-vs-reason","faithful","faithfulness","false-god","false-gods","fear-of-god","god","goddess","gods","habyarimana-bangambiki","minister","pastor","pastors","pastors","priest","priest","priests","religion","religion-and-philoshophy","religion-spirituality","religion-vs-science","religious","religious-faith","spirituality","spirituality","spirituality-vs-religion","there-is-no-god","unbelief","unbelieve","unbeliever","unbelievers"],"id":71489,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"Neither the Temple of Solomon, the Second Temple, Mount Gerizim, nor Jerusalem itself replace the existential awareness of God within the soul. Likewise, the ornate sanctuaries of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, neither Westminster Abbey in London, nor Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York contain the Holy Spirit without the faith of their congregants.","author":"James Mikołajczyk","tags":["congregation","faith","holy-spirit","sanctuary"],"id":98287,"author_id":"James+Miko%C5%82ajczyk"},{"text":"Just preaching 'you are blessed' to a congregation is like giving them a big fertile land. They need the seeds to plant on it; they need business ideas, a little of which is enough!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["big","bless","blessed","business","business-ideas","business-seminars","church","congregation","enough","fertile","fertile-land","food-for-thought","god","god-bless-you","good-news","good-sermon","idea","ideas","inspirations","israelmore","israelmore-ayivor","land","little","little-is-enough","motivation","preach","preaching","seeds","sermon","teaching","you-are-blessed"],"id":204620,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Instead it is the Church hierarchy that is rather teaching congregation to be afraid of darkness, instead of teaching them to go with light to overcome darkness.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["afraid","church","congregation","darkness","hierarchy","light","overcome","teach"],"id":268616,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"I imagine the whole universe moving into hell because of licking God's candy.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["anger","candy","congregation","disbelieve","end-time","exaggeration","go-to-hell","god","hell","imagination","imagine","judgment","moving","punishment"],"id":298983,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"Live your life in such a way that when a video coverage is taken of you either in light or in the darkness, it can receive an applause when it is shown in your chapel for everyone to view!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["applause","chapel","church","congregation","conscience","coverage","darkness","food-for-thought","good-life","integrity","israelmore-ayivor","life","light","light-and-darkness","live","live-life","pastor","religion","secret","video","video-coverage"],"id":328329,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"We are members of the Church of Christ.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["christ","church","congregation","members"],"id":372157,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"When you are close to Christ, you are enclosed in liberty. You can never be intimidated by man if you are intimate with Christ.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["be-saved","bible","christ","church","close","commandments","congregation","don-t-be-afraid","enclose","enclosed","fear","fear-not","food-for-thought","god","god-speaks","intimate","intimidate","intimidated","israelmore-ayivor","jesus","jesus-christ","liberty","love-christ","man","never-be-afraid","never-fear","pastor","prophesy","salvation","saviour","the-word-of-god"],"id":398788,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Between Monday and Saturday men make an audience. On Sunday, they make a congregation.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["advertising","audience","church","congregation","mass-media","sunday","weekdays"],"id":423643,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":11,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}