Quotes about Church

What makes the difference between healthy and destructive organization is what you are organizing for. When the church decides to organize around controlling people, politics, and self-preservation, it eventually leads to unhealthy and restrictive organization.

We all want to feel spiritually vigorous, and we hurt when we don't. This pain is intensified for people who lead church ministries.

When we say Church of All Nations, it's a vision given to me, that the church will touch all the world.

If you ask me, the church needs a whole lot more grace addicts because grace has a name, and the name is Jesus.

the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, once completed, became for the church the "only external means of divine supernatural illumination.

Many forget that most of the greatest theologians God has given to the church were also pastors and teachers in the local church.

Preaching was uniquely honored by God "in that it serveth to collect the church and to accomplish the number of the elect" and also "it driveth away the wolves from the folds of the Lord."

Because the Western church has emphasized the work Jesus did for us as Savior rather than His position as Lord, lack of submission to His position of authority creates a significant fault in our foundation. Hear

God has brought His Church into the wilderness. Spiritually, America is a dry and thirsty land. Our time of testing is at hand. God once again watches to see whether His people will seek His face or His hand. His face represents His character and nature; it denotes a relationship. His hand represents His provision and power. If you seek only His hand, you may not recognize His face. But if you know the face, you will know His hand.

God's answer for our shortcomings is the gift of salvation through His gift of grace, a gift that cannot be earned (Rom. 4:4). Many in the church understand this. Yet we have failed to emphasize the power of grace not only to redeem us but also to grant us its ability to live our lives in a totally different manner.

When the church is infected and diseased with a lack of the fear of the Lord, it will be unable to help society.

Admittance into the true church of Christ is based on regeneration, not merely on an affirmation of a creed or doctrine.