CHURCH LIFE
"Scriptures teach that all things in the church should be pure, simple, and removed as far as possible from the elements and pomps of this world!" Richard Cox, Puritan"The church of Christ is a common hospital, wherein all are in some measure sick of some spiritualnobale disease or another. Therefore we should all have have cause to exercise mutual kindness and humility." Richard Sibbes
"That very church which the world likes best—is sure to be that which God most abhors!" Spurgeon
Darryl Erkel's insightful articles on New Testament EcclesiologyFeeding Sheep or Amusing Goats?
The one game most universally played!
Away with such an old-time Christianity
Had a stranger come into one of our church services
A spiritual playpen where the crying babies must be appeased!
I dislike square pews, and bad music
Toys and playthings of the religious babyhouse
Constant religious engagements
Most punctilious in their religious rituals!
Philpot's letter of resignation from the Church of England
The call and qualifications for the ministry
Constant multiplication of corrupted copies
An ice-house, instead of a hot house!
The cause of all the formality, apathy, and lukewarmness in the church!
The evangelistic methods of our present golden-calf Christianity!
The chief dangers which will confront the church in the coming century!
On just such husks do the religious swine feed!
Evangelicalism has been smothered to death by extra-Scriptural rubbish!
Religion is not to be confined to devotional exercises
Fault-finding is the easiest of all tasks!
That always brings down the wrath of the religious majority!
Clowns entertaining the goats!
Essential to eminent usefulness
It is better to stay at home and read God's Word
One reason why the church has so little influence over the world!
The outward dress and garb of religion
Frequent mingling with the professing church?
We all naturally love to have a pope of our own!
No 'reverence' is due to me!
For the 'Reverends'A pretty, cultured sort of evangelism
An apostolic face and a Judas heart
The way to do good is to amuse people!
Are you seeking great things for yourself?
Pride, self-conceit, and self-exaltation
That irresponsible, amusement-mad paganized pseudo-religion!
Ministers are often desirous of . . .
Self-seeking, men-pleasing ministers
A stable, a hovel, a hedge, any unadorned corner!
A wonderful Mecca for weary pilgrims
The most gorgeous cathedral service
Your life preaches all the week
Alas, what an amount of powerless machinery we have in the so-called religious world!
If Mr. Pride gets a wound in the head
Poisonous weeds in the church!
New methods, new plans, new organizations!
The best of men are only men at their very best
Among the preachers of the day
What a lesson is here for ministers!
You must keep the circus going!
The noblest ecclesiastical edifice
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
To Him, they must be playthings and toys!
To Him they must be playthings and toys
These religious toys which we have whittled out for ourselves!
Serving with ulterior motives...
And thus the churches were filled with unregenerate members!
A heap of ostentatious service
How can you save souls without a committee?
The worst enemies of the Church!
She has listened to the blandishments of those who would woo her away!
Christ, The Example Of Ministers
Poisonous weeds in the Church!
Religion, preachers, and sermons
A filthy, stinking bag of worms!
More scarce and precious than a bar of gold!
Slumbering saints and dead sinners!
Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown!
That very church which the world likes best!
The greatest mischief in the world
The great woe is not the presence of these religious toys and trifles
What should the church look like?
Christianity to the average evangelical church member!
They are helpers to the cause of the devil
Half the diseases of Christianity
Preaching is not child's play!
I am sure they would not admit you to their fellowship!
Nothing worse can happen to a Church!
We shall always find him in Church!
Familiarity with sacred things
The Urgent Need For Reformation in Pastoral Ministry
How few have singleness of eye to God's glory
Religion, if you please, is now big business!
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