I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough. — Kinky Friedman
Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing. — Lewis Grizzard
My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today. — Al Sharpton
You see, I was the son of a baptist minister. — DeForest Kelley
But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background. — Tim McGraw
I'm Southern Baptist, not a meteorologist. — Willard Scott
Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith. — Watchman Nee
Baptism separates the tire kickers from the car buyers. — Max Lucado
I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early. — Octavia E. Butler
I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a Republican. — Shannen Doherty
I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish. — Tom T. Hall
The truth is this: I am a Southern Baptist, and the great majority of Southern Baptists are lost. — Paul Washer
I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches. — Kathie Lee Gifford
Baptism is not the work of man but of Christ, and this sacrament is so holy that it would not be defiled, even if the minister were a murderer. — Isidore of Seville
If I had to baptise a Jew, I would take him to the bridge of the Elbe, hang a stone around his neck and push him over with the words 'I baptise thee in the name of Abraham'. — Martin Luther
Short Baptist Quotes
God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better. — Billy Graham
We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God's side. — Billy Graham
Convictions are not merely beliefs we hold; they are those beliefs that hold us in their grip. — Albert Mohler
You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Becoming a Christian is the work of a moment; being a Christian is the work of a lifetime. — Billy Graham
The Bible in the memory is better than the Bible in the book case. — Charles Spurgeon
Three more saves and he ties John the Baptist. — Hank Greenwald
When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates. — Billy Graham
When I see Jesus Christ I simply want to be what He wants me to be. — Oswald Chambers
Prayer can never be in excess. — Charles Spurgeon
Baptist Image Quotes
Spiritual Baptist Quotes
Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not. — Oswald Chambers
Beware of harking back to what you once were when God wants you to be something you have never been. — Oswald Chambers
Within the Scripture there is a balm for every wound, a salve for every sore. — Charles Spurgeon
I believe that many professing Christians are cold and uncomfortable because they are doing nothing for their Lord; but if they actively served him, their blood would begin to circulate spiritually, and it would be well with them. — Charles Spurgeon
The main characteristic which is the proof of the indwelling Spirit is an amazing tenderness in personal dealing, and a blazing truthfulness with regard to God's Word. — Oswald Chambers
I describe myself as a "spiritual sampler," raised Catholic, been Baptist, Methodist, and a Unity member. — Julianne Malveaux
My spiritual life is an interesting thing. It's pretty private. I was raised Catholic in the Baptist Bible belt, so my spirituality was challenged and very much a private thing and it continues to be. — Kelli O'Hara
Southern Baptist Quotes
The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances to see how Gospel artists move compared to secular artists. — Boris Kodjoe
One cannot help asking sadly, why is love of gold more potent than love of souls? The number of men mining and prospecting for gold in Shantung is more than double the number of men representing Southern Baptists! What a lesson for Southern Baptists to ponder! — Lottie Moon
We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt 'possum, go to Baptist churches and prefer bourbon to Scotch are likely to be Southerners. — John Shelton Reed
The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity. — E. O. Wilson
I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster. — E. O. Wilson
It is very curious that the United States and Canada both assume that diversity means only race and ethnicity. They never assume it might mean more Nazis, or more Southern Baptists. That's diversity too, you know. — Richard Rodriguez
More even than Southern Presbyterians and Southern Methodists, the Baptists provided the great mass of Confederate enlisted men. — Harold Bloom
My family is still very Southern Baptist, and they're religious. — Missi Pyle
Well, you could become a Southern Baptist. I mean, instead of having to obey the Pope, you could just obey your husband. — Arianna Huffington
There was a lot of Southern Baptist preachers and some yelling ones but mostly we had a pastor who didn't scream and I found a lot of comfort and joy and peace as a child hearing the Bible. — Victoria Jackson
Baptism Quotes
And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true, who has been washed with the washing that is for the remission of sins and to regeneration, and who is so living as Christ has enjoined. — Justin Martyr
When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place. — C. S. Lewis
I can say, through the power of the Spirit that wherever God can get a people that will come together in one accord and one mind in the Word of God, the baptism of the Holy Ghost will fall upon them, like as at Cornelius' house. — William J. Seymour
We have the power of the Holy Cross, our holy symbol, the divine grace of Christ, only as long as we have the holy marking of the Holy Baptism, meaning we have denied the devil and sided with Christ, and received the Holy Marking, the seal of the Gift of the Holy Spirit. — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which knew no sin, might have the power of Baptism. — Ambrose
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations — Oswald Chambers
Let us, then, who in Baptism have both died and been buried in respect to the carnal sins of the old man, who have risen again with Christ in the heavenly regeneration, both think upon and do the things that are Christ's. — Cyprian
Most of us like thinking we are God's only children...At least one of the purposes of church is to remind us that God has other children, easily as precious as we. Baptism and narcissism cancel each other out. — Barbara Brown Taylor
Baptism was to put a line of demarcation between your past sins when you are buried with Him by Baptism-you are burying your past sins-eradicating them-putting a line in the sand saying that old man is dead and he is no longer alive any more and I rise up to walk in the newness of life. — T. D. Jakes
The baptism of the spirit will do for you, what a phone booth did for Clark Kent, it will change you into a different being. — Rod Parsley
Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own? — Sitting Bull
There is no success without sacrifice. If you succeed without sacrifice it is because someone has suffered before you. If you sacrifice without success it is because someone will succeed after. — Adoniram Judson
My prayer today is that we will feel the loving arms of God wrapped around us, and will know in our hearts that He will never forsake us as we trust in Him. — Billy Graham
Baptists are very strong believers that the civil magistrate is ordained by God to punish those who do evil. — Richard Land
I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world. — Warren Mitchell
And, for instance, Baptists, Adventists, Lutherans, Pentecostals - let them exist on line with others. — Vladimir Zhirinovsky
John the Baptist was supposed to point the way to the Christ. He was just the voice, not the Messiah. So everybodys calling has dignity to it and God seems to know better than we do what is in us that needs to be called forth. — James Green
You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith. — William Faulkner
The world's greatest need is preaching preachers. The Gospel is our emancipation proclamation: let's take it to the slaves of sin. — Lester Roloff
If you surrender yourself, and do not rush, but meditate on the Word of God, you will find prayer forming in your heart. It is a prayer inspired by the Holy Spirit, a prayer that God will be pleased to hear. — John R. Rice
Loving the Second Amendment while opposing the NRA is every bit as natural as loving Jesus while opposing Westboro Baptist Church. — John Fugelsang
I have never been brought up a Catholic - I mean, a Roman Catholic - we're all Catholics, aren't we? We're Protestant Catholics, whether we're from Methodist or Baptist or what. — Aimee Semple McPherson
John the Baptist never performed any miracles. Yet, he was greater than any of the Old Testament prophets. — Leonard Ravenhill
When I see guys huddling up after the game, to pray, that’s what scares me about the game. I’m a Baptist, but I’m also a quarterback killer, and I ain’t praying with you. But I will give you 30 seconds to ask your Lord and master to keep me from killing you. — Deacon Jones
And they would ask, well, now, are you one of those narrow-minded Baptists who think only Baptists are going to heaven? To which I enjoy replying, now actually I'm more narrow than that, I don't think all the Baptists are going to make it. — Mike Huckabee
There is hardship in everything except eating pancakes. — Charles Spurgeon
A rejoicing heart soon makes a praising tongue. — Charles Spurgeon
Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity. — Charles Spurgeon
He was a Baptist minister who prayed through his six-shooter which he claimed was the most efficacious form of prayer, especially in dealing with Yankees...he would go into battle singing the songs of David. — John S. Mosby
Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won't grumble. Grumble and you won't be grateful. — Billy Graham
We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
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