"My people's [church's] greatest need is my personal holiness." — Robert Murray M'Cheyne

God's purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.  — Eph 3:10 (NLT)

“God’s Word has always been His chosen instrument to create, convict, convert, and conform His people. From the very first announcement of the Gospel in Genesis 3:15, to the initial word of promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3, to His regulation of that promise by His Word in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20), God gives life and health and holiness to His people through the agency of His Word. From the reforms under Josiah in 2 Kings 22-23, to the revival of God’s work under Nehemiah and Ezra in Nehemiah 8-9, to the great vision of the Valley of Dry Bones in Ezekiel 37:1-14, where God breathes the life of His Spirit into His dead people through the preaching of His Word, God always sends His Word when He wants to renew life in His people and assemble them for His glory.” —Mark Dever

"These conversations went on and on with person after person. I stood literally amazed by the grace of God, not just upon one Christian passionate about sharing the gospel, but upon an entire community passionate about sharing the gospel. As I looked around, I observed a contagious culture of evangelism across the church. It is a culture of evangelism that is not ultimately dependent on events, projects, programs, and ministry professionals. Instead, it is a culture of evangelism that is built on people filled with the power of God’s Spirit proclaiming the gospel of God’s grace in the context of their everyday lives and relationships." - J. Mack Stiles

"The emphasis [of Eph 4:11] is definitely on the ministry of gifted individuals who lead the church into unity. Christ not only gives gifts to the church; He gives people to the church for its edification and growth." —Timothy Berrey 

"Worship must be vital and real in the heart, and worship must rest on a true perception of God. There must be spirit and there must be truth. . . . Truth without emotion produces dead orthodoxy and a church full (or half-full) of artificial admirers . . . . On the other hand, emotion without truth produces empty frenzy and cultivates shallow people who refuse the discipline of rigorous thought. But true worship comes from people who are deeply emotional and who love deep and sound doctrine. Strong affections for God rooted in truth are the bone and marrow of biblical worship."

"Repentance isn't ultimately about us at all. It's about God. It's becoming so aware of God, his character, and what he has done that we actively seek to turn from sin and pursue righteousness." —Dave Harvey

"We are called from various walks of life (tax collectors, fishermen, Pharisees, zealots, priests)—various life situations (single, married, slave, free), called at different times of life, called from all different racial backgrounds (Jew, Gentile), and called from different levels of spiritual darkness (the Apostle Paul v. the Thessalonians). Despite our diversity, we are called to the same hope of eternal life and glory. Unity of the body is not only true on earth but even in heaven." — Tim Berrey

"Church membership is all about a church taking specific responsibility for you, and you for a church." —Jonathan Leeman

"There are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done." —Hudson Taylor