“His sound was stunning -- it was the blues, it was R&B, it was gospel, it was swing -- it was all the stuff I was listening to before that but rolled into one amazing, soulful thing.”
Van Morrison
“If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.”
Saint Augustine
“It is only the savage, whether of the African bush or of the American gospel tent, who pretends to know the will and intent of God exactly and completely.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“Where would Jesus be if no one had written the gospels?”
Chuck Palahniuk
“I don't preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is concerned for the whole person. When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry person is bread.”
Bishop Desmond Tutu
“But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive?”
William Booth
“Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.”
Frank Sinatra