““Man-made ministers are of no use in this world. The sooner we get rid of them the better. They carefully prepare their sermons, and read them on Sunday in a sweet quiet voice, and the people go away pleased. But that is not God’s way of preaching. If it is, I am adequate to preach forever. I can buy books of sermons for very little money; as long as they have already been preached fifty times before; otherwise I need to pay a little more. But that is not the way.””
![“T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people - the new covenant, blood-bought people of God. That's why Paul said, 'Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her' (Eph. 5:25). He didn't give himself up for a…” quote by Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7a4/mark-dever-3175_blood_t-he-church-is-not-a-place-it-s-not-a-bu_3297.jpg)
