A church that does not exist to reclaim heathenism, to fight evil, to destroy error, to put down falsehood, a church that does not exist to take the side of the poor, to denounce injustice and to hold up righteousness, is a church that has no right to be. Not for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for Himself. β¨ C. H. Spurgeon (2004). Spurgeon's Sermons on the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, p.294, Hendrickson Publishers
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- Defend the Bible? I would as soon defend a lion! Unchain it and it will defend itself.
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- The worst thing thou has to fear is the treachery of thine own heart. β¨ Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1963). The New Park Street Pulpit: Containing Sermons Preached and Revised
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