Quotes About Church

cuando la iglesia a sabiendas y con ese propósito va en pos de las tendencias e influencias del mundo para ayudarse a obtener la aprobación del mundo, entonces la iglesia misma se vuelve mundana.

la idea de que un cristiano pueda operar y agradar a Dios apartado del resto del cuerpo de Cristo no solo es un concepto erróneo y orgulloso, sino una imposibilidad.

El método bíblico para atraer a los pecadores a Cristo y a su iglesia no se encuentra en estrategias de mercadeo superficiales, sino mostrando la verdad, pureza y unidad (1 Corintios 14:23-25, Juan 13:35, 1 Pedro 3:1).

La iglesia ha pasado de ser la asamblea de los santos que adoran a Dios en Espíritu y en verdad, a ser una reunión social de cristianos nominales, que escuchan discursos motivacionales semanales acerca de cómo mantener una actitud positiva y cómo hacer lo correcto, esto les permite experimentar su mejor vida ahora.

En lugar de tratar de añadir al culto nuevas formas de adoración, es necesario dejar que la iglesia busque hacer aquello que ha sido prescrito y hacerlo bien.

No sólo la vida de la iglesia es un medio de santificación debido a que la Palabra de Dios es continuamente predicada y aplicada a la vida de los miembros, sino también porque la iglesia es un medio de rendición de cuentas y protección.

Cartesian dualism served science well, at first: by ceding matters of the spirit to men of the cloth, it got the Church off the back of science, which for centuries afterward was perceived as less of a threat to religion's domain than it would otherwise have been (pace, Galileo). But Cartesian dualism was a disaster for moral philosophy, setting in motion a process that ultimately reduced human beings to automatons.

I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. We are the Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him?

Teach your children that many of the blessings of the Church are available to them because you and they give tithes and offerings to the Church. Teach them that those blessings could come virtually no other way.

For a celestial reward, it is absolutely essential that we remain faithful to the end. There is nothing in the Church that is directed toward the telestial or terrestrial kingdoms. For us it is a celestial goal every step of the way.

This Church is the Lord's vehicle for crucial doctrines, ordinances, covenants, and keys that are essential to exaltation, and one cannot be fully faithful to the gospel of Jesus Christ without striving to be faithful in the Church, which is its earthly institutional manifestation.

When Christ comes, the members of His Church must look and act like members of His Church are supposed to look and act if we are to be acceptable to Him. We must be doing His work and we must be living his teachings. He must recognize us quickly and easily as truly being his disciples.

One of the early pieces of advice I had as a General Authority was that "we ought to have great music in the Church and more of it, coupled with great speaking in the Church and less of it.

I suspect God is more glorified in a humble room of earnest worshipers than a massive production designed to sound "relevant" to the listeners but no longer relevant to God. When the worship of God turns into a "worship experience," we have derailed as the body of Christ.

God is unveiling women around the world. He always has and continues to work through women and girls, who are half of His church. They are, like men and boys, His image bearers. They are also, like men and boys, gifted, empowered, smart, and anointed.

If we've been in church for years yet aren't full, are we really hungry for more knowledge? In our busy lives, do we really need another program or event? Do we really need to be fed more of the Word, or are we simply undernourished from an absence of living the Word? Maybe we love God, but are we loving others? If our faith is about us, then we are not just hungry—our spirits are starving.

The next generation is screaming, 'We can't find God in church! How does God work in the broken places? Why are Christians so mean and scared and defensive? Where is the 'good news' part?

The world is so done being painted by the American church.)

If Jesus is the heart of the church, people are the lifeblood. There is a reason He created community and told us to practice grace and love and camaraderie and presence. People

I don't know your feelings about church, but what if you freed up your pastors to be ordinary men and women, your church to be a simple family, and your life to be for loving God and people?

Claiborne wrote, "There is a movement bubbling up that goes beyond cynicism and celebrates a new way of living, a generation that stops complaining about the church it sees and becomes the church it dreams of."[85]

There is a movement bubbling up that goes beyond cynicism and celebrates a new way of living, a generation that stops complaining about the church it sees and becomes the church it dreams of."[85]

I dream of a church that is once again called great, even by our skeptics, because our works of mercy cannot be denied.

Until we are all compelled and contributing, we're settling for an anemic faith and a church that robs Christ followers of their vitality and repels the rest of the world.