Ed Stetzer Quotes

• If you're regularly willing to give a critique, but not willing to take one, you're not a leader, you're a cynic.

  Ed Stetzer

  Giving, Leader, Cynic

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• A church without the broken is a broken church.

  Ed Stetzer

  Religious, Broken Spirit, Church

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• To engage people in culture we must remember that holiness is separation from sin, not separation from sinners.

  Ed Stetzer

  Sins Not, People, Culture

  FaceBook post by Ed Stetzer from Mar 11, 2010

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• Regrettably, we've made it acceptable to sit in church week after week & do nothing & still call yourself a 'Christian.'

  Ed Stetzer

  Christian, Church, Week

  FaceBook post by Ed Stetzer from Dec 01, 2009

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• The Christian life is not about finding safety and comfort; it’s about finding yourself in a dangerous place of vulnerable compassion.

  Ed Stetzer

  Christian, Compassion, Safety

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• Being Missional means actually doing mission right where you are. Missional means adopting the posture of a missionary, learning and adapting to the culture around you while remaining Biblically sound.

  Ed Stetzer

  Mean, Sound, Missionary

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• You cannot hate a people and reach a people at the same time.

  Ed Stetzer

  Hate, People

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• Don't let your church be a cul-de-sac on the Great Commission highway.

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  Church, Highways, Great Commission

  FaceBook post by Ed Stetzer from Oct 20, 2014

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• Put your 'yes' on the table and let God put it on the map.

  Ed Stetzer

  Letting Go, Maps, Tables

  FaceBook post by Ed Stetzer from Oct 20, 2013

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• Teaching people to become like Jesus, outside of the power of Jesus, dishonors Jesus.

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  Jesus, Teaching, People

  FaceBook post by Ed Stetzer from Jan 06, 2013

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• Community is essential when it comes to successfully living out the Christian walk in a day-to-day context. So the math is simple: More community = More disciples.

  Ed Stetzer

  Christian, Math, Simple

  Ed Stetzer, Eric Geiger (2014). “Transformational Groups: Creating a New Scorecard for Groups”, p.168, B&H Publishing Group

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• If we demand things in worship that can't be in every culture, then we're demanding cultural preferences, not biblical.

  Ed Stetzer

  Biblical, Culture, Demand

  FaceBook post by Ed Stetzer from Sep 02, 2009

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• Barna is correct when he writes, "After fifteen years of diligent digging into the world around me, I have reached several conclusions about the future of the Christian church in America. The central conclusion is that the American church is dying due to lack of strong spiritual leadership. In this time of unprecedented opportunity and plentiful resources, the church is actually losing influence. The primary reason is the lack of leadership. Nothing is more important than leadership."7

  Ed Stetzer

  Christian, Spiritual, Strong

  Ed Stetzer, Mike Dodson (2007). “Comeback Churches: How 300 Churches Turned Around and Yours Can Too”, p.14, B&H Publishing Group

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• I don't think you can love Jesus without loving His wife.

  Ed Stetzer

  Jesus, Thinking, Wife

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• We have to assess: Are we making disciples along the way as we draw people to our churches?

  Ed Stetzer

  People, Religion, Church

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• If your church loves the way you do church more than your children, it loves the wrong thing.

  Ed Stetzer

  Children, Church, Way

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• Your denomination is not defined by a style. So don’t let style become a point of contention.

  Ed Stetzer

  Style, Denominations, Contention

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