We have the peculiar spectacle of a nation which, to a limited extent, practices Christianity without actively believing in Christianity. We are asked to turn to the Church for our enlightenment, but when we do this we find that the voice of the Church is not inspired. The voice of the Church today is the echo of our own voices. And the result of this experience, already manifest, is disillusionment.... The way out is the sound of a voice, not our voice, but the voice coming from somewhere not ourselves, in the existence of which we cannot disbelieve. It is the task of the Pastors to hear this voice, cause us to hear it, and to tell us what it says. If they cannot hear it, or if they fail to tell us what it says, we laymen are totally lost. Without it we are no more capable of saving the world than we are capable of creating it in the first place.
More Quotes from Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul:
Autocracies may survive for intermittent periods with populations of 'yes men,' but democracies need a perennially renewed supply of 'know men.'Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Christianity Quotes, Experience Quotes, Place Quotes, World QuotesBased on Keywords: disbelieve, laymen, pastors
The more games I will play, the faster I will be back on a top spot in the world rankings.
Jan Timman
You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.
Wayne Dyer
Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.
E. M. Forster