598 quotes found
“Hard by the church stood the public house; so often the two are closely conjoined, honorably sharing both joys and sorrows.”
“The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits?”
“I'll always remember being called by my mother who beckoned me to look at the screen where a young man was being tortured by the church. Bag over his head, rolling on the ground, crying, suffocatin...”
“...people who've been hit with the gospel respond naturally with radically changed lives and hearts. The church and the ministries of the church are gospel centered when they flow from hearts that ...”
“Election has nothing to do with the eternal salvation of individuals but refers instead to God's way of saving nations. It was a major mistake of the Reformation to have decided to follow Augustine...”
“Is the Lords Supper only for Christians? Whenever I ask this question I immediately remember the character of those that partook of the Last Supper with Jesus. They were certainly Jews, some better...”
“An institution theoretically devoted to providing comfort to those in need (the church) is in trouble because it has embraced the same pressure cooker we find everywhere else.”
“I thought that some of the hymns bespoke the true religion of the place. The people didn't really want to be saints of self-deprivation and hatred of the world. They knew that the world would soone...”
“We dont just show up on stage; we bring along the oil of praise in jars of practice and rehearsal so that when the Lord shows up, our worship shines as the light with which His Church shall welcome...”
“Somewhere along the line, "Church" became a weekly event rather than a gathering of people who did life together.”
“A worshipping Church or a prayer group is a magnet that draws the Lord and His people to connect with each other!”
“The church that weds itself to modernity is already a widow within postmodernity.”
“In previous centuries, the Church was the great controller, dictating morality, stifling free expression and posing as conservator of all great art and music. Instead we have TV, doing just as good...”
“Church practice has been more influenced by Plato than by Jesus. We invariably prefer the universal synthesis, the answer that settles all the dust and resolves every question even when it is not e...”
“Worship gatherings are not always spectacular, but they are always supernatural. And if a church looks for or works for the spectacular, she may miss the supernatural. If a person enters a gatherin...”
“Human beings seem to have a perpetual tendency to have somebody else talk to God for them. We are content to have the message second-hand. One of Israel's fatal mistakes was their insistence on hav...”
“God's voice is usually nothing more than a whisper, and you have to listen very carefully to hear it. But other times, in those rarest of moments, the answer is obvious and rings as loud as a churc...”
“It's a wonder Hell don't open up and swallow her as the highlight of the service.”
“In serving others, the church will save itself from becoming nothing more than a spiritualized 501c3 not-for-profit, self-centered corporation, organized for the benefit of donor tax exemption. Ser...”
“We must help young women immerse themselves in a selfless work, perhaps receiving little public praise or attention. Instead, they must feel the Lords great love for them and their efforts through ...”
