Quotes about Church
The church was made for mission-God's mission
- Christopher Wright
Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride.
- Teresa of Avila
Without God's Spirit, there is nothing we can do that will count for God's kingdom. Without God's Spirit, the church simply can't be the church.
- NT Wright
Bad theology dishonors God and hurts people. Churches that sever the root of truth may flourish for a season, but they will wither eventually or turn into something besides a Christian church.
- John Piper
This doctrine (justification) is the head and the cornerstone. It alone begets, nourishes, builds, preserves, and defends the church of God and without it the church of God cannot exist for one hour.
- Martin Luther
After my study of today's church, my conclusion is that the church is politely bored with God.
- AW Tozer
The meetings least attended in our churches today are the ones whose only attraction is God.
- AW Tozer
A local church will only be as great as its conception of God.
- AW Tozer
It is scarcely possible in most places to get anyone to attend a meeting where the only attraction is God
- AW Tozer
I contend that whatever does not raise the moral standard of the church or community has been a revival from God.
- AW Tozer
Something I've noticed. Church planters don't pray for revival. They pray for opportunity, favor with the unchurched and leaders.
- Andy Stanley
Once an old woman at my church said the secret is that God loves us exactly the way we are and that he loves us too much to let us stay like this, and I'm just trying to trust that.
- Anne Lamott