The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we may judge of the amount of divine working among a people. If God be near a church, it must pray. And if He be not there, one of the first tokens of His absence will be slothfulness in prayer.
– Charles Spurgeon –
The church does not determine what the Bible teaches. The Bible determines what the church must teach.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Discipleship isn’t a program or an event; it’s a way of life. It’s not for a limited time, but for our whole life. Discipleship isn’t for beginners alone; it’s for all believers for every day of their life. Discipleship isn’t just one of the things the church does; it is what the church does.
– Bill Hull –
I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.
– John Knox –
The church does not draw people in; it sends them out.
– Chuck Colson –
In proportion as a church is holy, in that proportion will its testimony for Christ be powerful.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Tell me what the world is saying today, and I’ll tell you what the church will be saying in seven years.
– Francis Schaeffer –
It is scarcely possible in most places to get anyone to attend a meeting where the only attraction is God.
– AW Tozer –
The Kingdom of God is not going to be advanced by our churches becoming filled with men, but by men in our churches becoming filled with God.
– Duncan Campbell –