“One of the greatest errors in the church today is the artificial distinction we have created between accepting Christ as Savior and confessing Him as Lord. We have made two experiences of it, but the New Testament makes them one.” MadeTwoTodayChristianChristChurchAcceptingLordErrorsChristian InspirationalDistinctionSaviorArtificialTestamentNew TestamentConfessingChurch Today Book:Living in Kingdom Come Source: Living in Kingdom Come
“Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church is one body, having many members. The soul that quickens this body is the Holy Spirit; and therefore in the Creed after confessing our belief in the Holy Spirit, we are bid to believe in the Holy Catholic Church.” MenBelieveSoulBodySpiritBeliefChurchHolyMembersCatholicSaintHoly SpiritOne ManCreedsCatholic ChurchConfessing Author:Thomas Aquinas
“If you were good enough, there would be no need of confessing Christ at all. It is just because you are not good enough, that Christ says to you, "Follow me." He came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. It is not the perfect people whom He wants in His church, but those who have a deep sense of their own imperfection, and who believe that His strength is made perfect in weakness.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsBelieveMadeEnoughWould BeChristChurchPerfectWeaknessSinnerRepentanceGood EnoughImperfectionRighteousFollow MeNot Good EnoughConfessing Author:Washington Gladden
“For the millions that suffer unjustly, the Confessing Church does not yet have a heart.” HeartDoeSufferingChurchMillionsConfessing Author:Karl Barth