Quotes about Church

Whatever the case, Paul could not stand by while church leaders became self-righteous reflections of a priesthood that was disappearing. He refused to do nothing as the dual covenant model laid the groundwork for the very hypocrisy his encounter with Jesus liberated him from.

But I'm not sitting around praying for revival either. I grew up in the "pray for revival" culture.

The most shameful and embarrassing chapters in church history were not the result of anything Jesus or the apostle Paul taught. Our most embarrassing, indefensible moments resulted from Christians leveraging the old covenant concepts.

Too many church leaders have bought into the myth that to clarify the win means establishing attendance goals and raising a lot of money.

The church is not here to win. Just the opposite. By every human measure, our Savior lost. On purpose. With a purpose.

When a church is spending more of its budget on media than shepherding, something is out of whack. We have gotten things twisted around.

Tithing is like training wheels when it comes to giving. It's intended to help you get started, but not recommended for the Tour de France.

A church is an incubator, a nursery, a grade school. You start where people are and move them to where they need to be.

Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?

Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.

The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.

Solemnity is proper in church, but things that are proper in church are not necessarily proper outside, and vice versa. For example, I can say a prayer while washing my teeth, but that does not mean I should wash my teeth in church.