We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once, and that was to drive profane ones out of His temple, not to force them in.
— John Milton (1608–1674)
Reformation of the Church
May we not equivocate, excuse, or retreat until the Kingdom and greatness of the Kingdom under the whole Heaven and earth are given to the saints of the Most High God. May God grant every form of ignorance and indolence be driven out of the church and that she may drive them from our land. To speak of the reformation of a culture without reformation of the church is sheer folly.
— Joe Morecraft III
The Church
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
Need of the Church
The most critical need of the church at this moment is men, bold men, free men. The church must seek, in prayer and much humility, the coming again of men made of the stuff of which prophets and martyrs are made.
— A. W. Tozer
Church Attendance and Membership
Those whom God leads, he leads to his holy hill, and to his tabernacles; those therefore who pretend to be led by the Spirit and yet turn their backs upon instituted ordinances, certainly deceive themselves.
— Matthew Henry
