Ed Stetzer Quotes

14 quotes in 205 categories

• Don't let your church be a cul-de-sac on the Great Commission highway.
• You cannot hate a people and reach a people at the same time.
• Barna is correct when he writes, "After fifteen years of diligent digging into the world around me, I have reached several conclusions about the future…
• Being Missional means actually doing mission right where you are. Missional means adopting the posture of a missionary, learning and adapting to the culture around…
• Regrettably, we've made it acceptable to sit in church week after week & do nothing & still call yourself a 'Christian.'
• I don't think you can love Jesus without loving His wife.
• The Christian life is not about finding safety and comfort; it’s about finding yourself in a dangerous place of vulnerable compassion.
• To engage people in culture we must remember that holiness is separation from sin, not separation from sinners.
• Your denomination is not defined by a style. So don’t let style become a point of contention.
• Teaching people to become like Jesus, outside of the power of Jesus, dishonors Jesus.
• Put your 'yes' on the table and let God put it on the map.
• If you're regularly willing to give a critique, but not willing to take one, you're not a leader, you're a cynic.
• If your church loves the way you do church more than your children, it loves the wrong thing.
• We have to assess: Are we making disciples along the way as we draw people to our churches?

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