598 quotes found
“the Twelve Apostles are the most evident sign of Jesus' will regarding the existence and mission of his Church, the guarantee that between Christ and the Church there is no opposition: despite the ...”
“In a church of my own we're perfect togetherI recognize you in the stained glass”
“If we're going to impact our world in the name of Jesus, it will be because people like you and me took action in the power of the Spirit. Ever since the mission and ministry of Jesus, God has neve...”
“Fat Charlie wondered what Rosie's mother would usually hear in a church. Probably just cries of "Back! Foul best of Hell!" followed by gasps of "Is it alive?" and a nervous inquiry as to whether an...”
“It's tucked away in a quiet corner, shadowed and obscured, no part of the Nightside's usual bright gaudy neon noir. It doesn't advertise and it doesn't care if you habitually pass by on the other s...”
“We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions try to deny.”
“He cannot have God for his Father who will not have the Church for his mother.”
“The Church was not left in this world to perfume the dung-heap of fallen humanity, but to take out, one by one, those who will be saved from the coming destruction.”
“There is no use trying to do Church work without love. A doctor, a lawyer, may do good work without love, but God's work cannot be done without love.”
“In post-Christendom, the church is that community of people who look to discover what God is actively doing in the world around them and then join themselves to that work. The church is that commun...”
“The church is like Noah's ark. It stinks, but if you get out of it, you'll drown.”
“The press was ruthless, but then so was the church.Flavia de Luce”
“Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real state of our fellowship, of our sanctification. What may appear weak a...”
“If Christianity was only about finding a group of people to live life with who shared openly their search for God and allowed anyone regardless of behavior to seek too and who collectively lived by...”
“Everybody gets to play.”
“the church was an international institution long before globalization.”
“The church is missionary by nature because God through the Spirit calls, creates, and commissions the church to communicate to the world that the redemptive reign of God has broken into human history.”
“I find that I keep offering God my service when what He wants is my fellowship”
“Gods downward descent to us in grace reversed by our upward ascent in pragmatic enthusiasm, we are increasingly becoming a sheep without a Shepherdand all in the name of mission. Instead of churchi...”
“Fewer than half of churchgoers, including born-again Christians, felt strongly that their church demonstrates unconditional love.”
