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The Church: The Gospel Made Visible QUOTES

1 " Correct division should be preferred over corrupt unity. "

― Mark Dever , The Church: The Gospel Made Visible

2 " The church arises only from the gospel. And a distorted church usually coincides with a distorted gospel. Whether it leads to such distortions or results from them, serious departures from the Bible's teaching about the church normally signify other, more central misunderstandings about the Christian faith.3 "

― Mark Dever , The Church: The Gospel Made Visible

3 " As long as quick numerical growth remains the primary indicator of church health, the truth will be compromised. Instead, churches must once again begin measuring success not in terms of numbers but in terms of fidelity to the Scriptures. "

― Mark Dever , The Church: The Gospel Made Visible

4 " Too often Christians today have only two gears on their theological bike: essential and unimportant. If something is not essential for salvation, it is treated as unimportant and therefore dismissable. But the Bible presents us with a number of matters that are not essential for salvation but which nonetheless are important, even necessary, for obedience to God's Word. "

― Mark Dever , The Church: The Gospel Made Visible