Quotes about Church
The church that is man-managed instead of God-governed is doomed to failure. A ministry that is college-trained but not Spirit-filled works no miracles.
- Leonard Ravenhill
The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of men.
- RC Sproul
It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.
- Dorothy Sayers
There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
According to Christian belief, man exists for the sake of God; according to the liberal church, in practice if not in theory, God exists for the sake of man.
- J. Gresham Machen
It is a remarkable fact that all the heresies which have arisen in the Christian Church have had a decided tendency to dishonor God and to flatter man.
- Charles Spurgeon
The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ.
- CS Lewis
The true church is not an organization controlled by the rules of men but a holy collection of living stones with Jesus Christ as the Cornerstone.
- Brother Yun
A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.
- Brigham Young
A simple man with Scripture has more authority than the Pope or a council.
- Martin Luther
We need to close every church in the land for one Sunday and cease listening to a man so we can hear the groan of the Spirit which we in our lush pews have forgotten.
- Leonard Ravenhill
Just as God's will is creation and is called 'the world' so His intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church".
- Clement of Alexandria