 There wouldn't be so many non-church goers if there were not so many non-going churches. Author: Billy Sunday |
| Too many churches are little more than four walls and a roof. Author: Billy Sunday |
| As we witness our religious freedoms being lost and our congregations getting itchy, it is time for our churches to again become relevant within our culture. Author: Jonathan Falwell |
| The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God. Author: C.S. Lewis |
| A church that does not exist to reclaim heathenism, to fight evil, to destroy error, to put down falsehood, a church that does not exist to take the side of the poor, to denounce injustice and to hold up righteousness, is a church that has no right to be. Not for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for Himself. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| Alas! Much has been done of late to promote the production of dwarfish Christians. Poor, sickly believers turn the church into an hospital, rather than an army. Oh, to have a church built up with the deep godliness of people who know the Lord in their very hearts, and will seek to follow the Lamb wherever he goes! Author: Charles Spurgeon |
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| I do not think the devil cares how many churches you build, if only you have lukewarm preachers and people in them. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| I well remember how I joined the church after my conversion. I forced myself into it by telling the pastor, who was lax and slow, after I had called four or five times and could not see him, that I had done my duty, and if he did not see me and interview me for church membership, I would call a church meeting myself and tell them I believed in Christ and ask them if they would have me. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: Charles Spurgeon at His Best |
| In proportion as a church is holy, in that proportion will its testimony for Christ be powerful. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: 1000 Devotional Thoughts, Baker, 1976, n. 408, p. 205. |
| 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. Author: Charles Spurgeon |
| The most useful members of a church are usually those who would be doing harm if they were not doing good. Author: Charles Spurgeon
Source: Persecution in the Early Church, Christian History, n. 29. |
| The church has been so seduced by psychological counseling for so long that anything that seems at odds with the current counseling practices is usually considered a consequence of ignorance. Author: T.A. McMahon |
