O be not too quick to bury the church before she is dead! Stay till Christ has tried his skill before you give it up for lost.
– John Flavel –
1627-1691
Conformity to the Character of God – Jerry Bridges
Many Christians have what we might call a “cultural holiness.” They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them. As the Christian culture around them is more or less holy, so these Christians are more or less holy. But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.
– Jerry Bridges –
Holiness to the Modern Church – Nicky Cruz
Holiness and living a sin-free life is heresy to the modern church. The modern church is, quite simply, just the world with a Christian T-shirt on!
– Nicky Cruz –
Activity or Accomplishment? – RA Torrey
We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results.
– RA Torrey –
Darkest Century in History, Unless … – Gene Edwards
It is my studied judgment that some future generation will deem this to be the darkest century, in spiritual depth and spiritual experience, in church history – that is, unless something very radical happens along… soon.
– Gene Edwards –
Dead Men Preaching – Gilbert Tennent
For I am verily persuaded the generality of preachers talk of an unknown and unfelt Christ; and the reason why congregations have been so dead is, because they have had dead men preaching to them.
– Gilbert Tennent –
The Most Commercial Materialistic Christians Ever – Gene Edwards
More corrupt than the dark days before Luther; more impotently intellectual than during the heyday of Calvinism; more financially perverted than the days that caused John the Baptist to explode; more intoxicated with the drive for spiritual power than any age, yet exercising that outward power with less internal transformation than anyone since King Saul; enamored with the gifts, yet hardly knowing the Giver, our age has produced the most commercial, materialistic, fad-oriented people ever to claim His name.
– Gene Edwards –
An Unholy Church is Useless to the World – Charles Spurgeon
An unholy church! it is useless to the world, and of no esteem among men. It is an abomination, hell’s laughter, heaven’s abhorrence. The worst evils which have ever come upon the world have been brought upon her by an unholy church.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Christians Singing Lies? – AW Tozer
Christians don’t tell lies – they just go to church and sing them.
– AW Tozer –