Jozsef Steiner

“Being united to Christ means being united to every Christian. But that universal union must be given a living, breathing existence in a local church.”
― Mark Dever, What Is a Healthy Church?

“God created the church, we have said, so that it might increasingly reflect the character of God as it's been revealed in his Word. In keeping with the storyline of the entire Bible, then, church discipline is the act of excluding an individual who carelessly brings disrepute onto the gospel and shows no commitment to doing otherwise.”
― Mark Dever, What Is a Healthy Church?

“You and all the members of your church, Christian, are finally responsible before God for what your church becomes, not your pastors and other leaders - you. Your pastors will stand before God and give an account for how they have led your congregation (Heb. 13:17). But every single one of us who is a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ will give an account for whether or not we have gathered together regularly with the church, spurred the church on to love and good deeds, and fought to maintain a right teaching of the hope of the gospel (Heb. 10:23-25).”
― Mark Dever, What Is a Healthy Church?

“A healthy church is not a church that's perfect and without sin. It has not figured everything out. Rather, it's a church that continually strives to take God's side in the battle against the ungodly desires and deceits of the world, our flesh, and the devil. It's a church that continually seeks to conform itself to God's Word.”
― Mark Dever, What Is a Healthy Church?