Every good conversation has to start somewhere. The next time you get together with a group from your church why not throw one or all of these quotes out and see what kind of feed back you get. Changing how we behave as the church begins one conversation at a time.
- A movement of God cannot be planned, but it must be prepared for. – Perry Noble
- We cannot duplicate in our church what God is doing in another church. – Perry Noble
- You need to have the right people, in the right places, doing the right things. – Perry Noble
- Innovation grows out of necessity. – Greg Surrat
- Big ideas grow out of big failures. – Greg Surrat
- If you listen to everyone you will get nowhere. – Anonymous
- The greatest crisis in the church is transformation. People are coming to church but are not being transformed. – Pete Wilson
What are your thoughts on these statements?
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Thanks for the thoughts Larry. Another great quote is from Gandhi who said
“The East may learn a great deal of science from the West, but the West has a great deal of spirituality to learn from the East.”
Another of his is “I like your Christ, but not your Christians.”
And Albert Einstein is always a great one.
“Scientific progress is like an ax in the hand of an ax murderer.”
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.”
and my personal favorite is from Abraham Heschel
“This world, no mere shadow of ideas in an upper sphere is real, but not absolute.”
There is no such thing as a reformed sinner, a rehabilitated sinner, or a re-educated sinner. Only a re-created sinner that is now called a child of God.
Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are? — Martin Luther
Christianity means a lot more than church membership. –Billy Sunday
He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all. –Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. ~G.K. Chesterton
The perfect church service,would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God. –C.S. Lewis
The Church is the one institution that exists for those outside it. –William Tyndale
Great quotes everyone. This is great food for thought.