“Jesus gave us a model for the work of the church at the Last Supper. While his disciples kept proposing more organization - Hey, let's elect officers, establish hierarchy, set standards of professionalism - Jesus quietly picked up a towel and basin of water and began to wash their feet.” LastsJesusWaterChurchFeetModelsStandardsOrganizationHeyOfficersDiscipleHierarchyProfessionalismSupperTowelsLast Supper Book:Church: Why Bother?: My Personal Pilgrimage Source: Church: Why Bother?: My Personal Pilgrimage
“It was in this year, 1828, that the standard of "the Christian Party in Politics" was openly unfurled... This was an evident attempt, through the influence of the clergy over the female mind - until this hour lamentably neglected in the United States - to effect a union of Church and State.” YearsMindStatesChristianHoursChurchUnitedPartyUnited StatesAtheismInfluenceEffectsStandardsFemaleUnionsPositive AtheismEvidentNeglectedChurch And StateClergyFemale Mind Author:Frances Wright
“There is a statement often repeated in the Church, and while it is not in one of the Standard Church Works, it is accepted as church doctrine, and this is: 'As man is, God once was; as God is, man may become.'” MenMayChurchStandardsAcceptedStatementsDoctrineWorking It Author:LeGrand Richards
“Most church members live so far below the standard, you would have to backslide to be in fellowship with them.” ChurchMembersStandardsFellowshipChurch Members Author:Vance Havner
“I contend that whatever does not raise the moral standard of the church or community has been a revival from God.” DoeHas BeensCommunityChurchMoralStandardsRaisesRevival Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“There is something childish and legalistic about churches in which all of the saints observe precisely the same standards. When all lives begin to sink into the same mould of denial and exercise of liberty, something is amiss.” ChurchLibertyExerciseStandardsSaintDenialMouldLegalism Author:Walter J Chantry