Preaching: Today's Quotations

"Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults." ~John Calvin

“We complain today that ministers do not know how to preach; but is it not equally true that our congregations do not know how to hear?” ~ J.I. Packer

“What is the chief end of preaching? I like to think it is this: It is to give men and women a sense of God and His presence.” ~ Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“Only once did God choose a completely sinless preacher.” ~ Alexander Whyte

Five Quotations on the Church

"Princes, kings, and other rulers of the world have used all their strength and cunning against the Church, yet it continues to endure and hold its own." -John Foxe Tweet

“If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all; and the moment I did join it, if I had found one, I should have spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect church after I had become a member of it. Still, imperfect as it is, it is the dearest place on earth to us.” ~Charles Spurgeon

"It's about time we quit playing church in these services that start at eleven o clock sharp and end at twelve o clock dull." ~Vance Havner

"The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church...is almost like the difference between calling your girl on the phone and spending an evening with her." ~Dwight L. Moody

"The root of almost every schism and heresy from which the Christian Church has suffered, has been because of the effort of men to earn, rather than receive their salvation; and the reason preaching is so commonly ineffective is, that it often calls on people to work for God rather than letting God work through them." ~John Ruskin

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Preachers and laymen are in the same boat...

"Preachers and laymen are each rowing different oars, but they are both in the same boat. When only one oar is being pulled, there is alot of splash but no progress. Let us see that both oars are being pulled." ~Roger Ward Babson

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7 Noteworthy Quotations on the Church

"The church is not a dormitory for sleepers, it is an institution for workers; it is not a rest camp, it is a front line trench." -Billy Sunday Tweet 

"For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use for symphonies; I believe only in solo music.'" ~George A. Buttrick

"You cannot pray at home, like you can at church, where there is a great multitude; where exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the unions of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of priests." ~John Chrysostom

"The church is the gathering of God's children, where they can be helped and fed like babies and then guided by her motherly care, grow up to manhood in maturity of faith." ~John Calvin

"The church is the only institution supernaturally endowed by God. It is the one institution of which Jesus promised that the gates of hell will not prevail against it." ~Chuck Colson

"We must cease to think of the church as a gathering of institutions and organizations, and we must get back to the notion that we are the people of God." ~Martyn Lloyd-Jones


"It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ." ~Dorothy Sayers

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Today's Quote: Labor is no substitute...

"The local church is espoused to Christ, but there is always the danger of that love growing cold. Like Martha, we can be so busy working for Christ that we have no time to love Him. Christ is more concerned about what we do with Him than for Him. Labor is no substitute for love. To the public, the Ephesian church was successful; to Christ, it had fallen." -Warren W. Wiersbe