The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
I ground my faith upon God's word, and not upon the church.
Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?
You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.
I cannot fail to call the congregation to worship God, to listen to his Word, to offer themselves to God.
If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing.
You are free to reject God. Make sure that you're really rejecting God, not some caricature of God that the church has shown you. But I, one, respect a God who not only allows us to reject Him but includes the arguments we can use against Him in the Bible. I respect that.
Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.
I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that.