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The Church
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a post-Christian world and in an often post-Christian church it is imperative to
point out with love where apostasy lies. We must openly discuss with all who
will listen, treating all men as fellow men, but we must call apostasy,
apostasy. If we do not do that, we are not ready for reformation, revival, and a
revolutionary church in the power of the Holy Spirit. We are all too easily
infiltrated with relativism and synthesis in our own day. We tend to lack
antithesis. - Francis Schaeffer
 The
chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as
the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to
accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is
better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis. God, give to us an intense cry
for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost! - A. B. Simpson
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Has
it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are
automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to
each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So
one hundred worshippers meeting together, each one looking away to Christ, are
in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be were they to become
‘unity’ conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer
fellowship. Social religion is perfected when private religion is purified. The
body becomes stronger as its members become healthier. The whole church of God
gains when the members that compose it begin to seek a better and a higher life.
- A. W. Tozer
The
Church has ever proved indestructible. Her persecutors have failed to destroy
her; in fact, it was during times of persecution that the Church grew more and
more; while the persecutors themselves, and those whom the Church would destroy,
are the very ones who came to nothing.
My
religion is merely Christian...The rule of my faith and doctrine is ye law of
God in Nature and Scripture. The Church which I am a member of is the
Universality of Christians, in conjunction with all particular Churches of
Christians in England or elsewhere in the world, whose Communion according to my
capacity I desire. - Richard Baxter
We
are trying to play without the ball when the church tries to evangelize before
she has repented. The church can do many things after she has repented but
nothing until she first repents. - Vance Havner
From the days of
Abraham until this day, there has always been a church within the church,
and in our fallen condition it seems well nigh impossible to be otherwise.
As the body enlarges, it has never failed to have an outside rim of worldlings. These have never failed to be the greatest hindrance to her real
prosperity. They add to her numbers, but decrease her power. They are
counted with her, but have never been of her. In proportion as they are
strong the church weakens, and when they rule the church goes into
captivity. - Milton Haney
The Son of God
"is" the teacher of men, giving to them of His Spirit -- that Spirit which
manifests the deep things of God, being to a man the mind of Christ. The great
heresy of the Church of the present day is unbelief in this Spirit. -
George
Macdonald