Quote by Michael S. Horton

“Holiness in the purest form is independent of all textual doctrines, all churches and all institutions.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“The Church does not depend on power, social prestige, rhetorical manipulation, or human-designed programs. All it has are the Word and Sacraments, which, though…

— Gene Edward Veith Jr

“The church belongs to Jesus—and its growth and health depend fully upon His power and our obedience to Him.”

— Paul Chappell

“despite the visible disunity of the church throughout the world, we can rightly attribute unity to the church insofar as it is the same…

— Jason E. Vickers

“There is an important distinction between what is necessary to the being of a church, and what is necessary to its well-being” (55).”

— Ryan M. McGraw

The holiness of the church means that life, as well as truth, marks Christ’s church; the behavior of Christians in the world must be…

— Edmund Clowney

“In the Episcopal Church I find a healthy sense of unity and diversity. In this tradition we recognize that that which holds the church…

— Robert Webber

“the church has unhesitatingly privileged the creed and let the canon fend for itself—”

— N.T. Wright

“The Church's objectivity is not subjectivized by the affirmation that the only framework in which the Church can remain the Church of the Lord…

— G C Berkouwer

“result, he’s firmly persuaded that the Catholic Church must always speak its truths to the surrounding culture, without adjusting those teachings to make them…

— Robert E. Barron

“The church is supposed to help the people discover their calling and reveal the Kingdom of God to them”

— Sunday Adelaja

“...the institutional church, which exists to serve the people of God, is never to be confused with the church as mystery - the Christ-centered,…

— Brennan Manning