Quotes from Mark Ashton

The notion that you can come to church on Sunday and bend your knee in worship when in fact you have not done so during the week is a delusion.

the gospel is never about seeking our own comfort

The gospel is never about seeking our own comfort, and it always drives the local church out to do more for God in the world.

Every day I need to hear that voice behind me saying: 'This is the way; walk in it' (Isa. 30:21)

What ought to make worship delightful to us is not, in the first instance, its novelty or its aesthetic beauty, but its object: God himself is delightfully wonderful, and we learn to delight in him.

The gospel calls us to change – the change of conversion if we are not yet Christian, and the change of sanctification (growing more like Jesus) if we are.

Thou art a minister of the Word; Mind thy Business!

The local church exists for the sake of others

Self-sacrifice is a hallmark of healthy church life.