Quotes by Church Wherever we turn in the church of God, there is Jesus. He is the beginning, middle and end of everything to us. Aiden Wilson Tozer beginning-middle-and-end church jesus In the conduct of our public worship where is the authority of Christ to be found? The truth is that today the Lord rarely controls a service, and the influence He exerts is very small. We sing of Him and preach about Him, but He must not interfere; we worship our way, and it must be right because we have always done it that way, as have the other churches in our group. Aiden Wilson Tozer groups church done Always the most revealing thing about the church is her idea of God. Aiden Wilson Tozer revealing church ideas God expects us to measure the church not against tradition but against the standards & promises of His Word. Aiden Wilson Tozer tradition church promise The body becomes stronger as its members become healthier. The whole church of God gains when the members that compose it begin to seek a better and a higher life. Aiden Wilson Tozer stronger church body I contend that whatever does not raise the moral standard of the church or community has been a revival from God. Aiden Wilson Tozer community church doe God wants us to make Jesus Christ the central figure in our church--not just say that we do, but actually do it. Aiden Wilson Tozer church want jesus The church can have light only as it is full of the Spirit, and it can be full only as the members that compose it are filled individually. Aiden Wilson Tozer church light spirit A local church will only be as great as its conception of God. Aiden Wilson Tozer conception local-church church If the Lord's people were only half as eager to be filled with the Spirit as they are to prove that they cannot be filled, the church would be crowded out. Aiden Wilson Tozer church would-be people I remind you that there are churches so completely out of the hands of God that if the Holy Spirit withdrew from them, they wouldn't find it out for many months Aiden Wilson Tozer months church hands After my study of today's church, my conclusion is that the church is politely bored with God. Aiden Wilson Tozer bored church today The Church has surrendered her once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it one so low, so ignoble, as to be utterly unworthy of thinking, worshiping men. This she has not done deliberately, but little by little and without her knowledge; and her very unawareness only makes her situation all the more tragic. Aiden Wilson Tozer church men thinking The task of the church is twofold: to spread Christianity throughout the world and to make sure that the Christianity she spreads is the pure New Testament kind. Aiden Wilson Tozer tasks church world For this reason the gravest question before the Church is always God Himself, and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he is his deep heart conceives God to be like. Aiden Wilson Tozer church heart men The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray. Aiden Wilson Tozer church praying watches The world is perishing for lack of the knowledge of God and the Church is famishing for want of His Presence. Aiden Wilson Tozer church want world For me, the Church is the enemy. Al Goldstein church enemy I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world. Al Green church education world Theres a lot of churches that hide their dirty laundry under the rug, and I know about that from being in the church 27 years. Oh, yeah. Al Green church dirty years «1234567891011»