"The Church has a dual responsibility to the world around us. On the one hand, we must live, serve, and witness in the world; on the other hand, we must avoid being defiled by the world. Therefore, we cannot escape the world in order to maintain holiness, nor can we sacrifice holiness to please the world."
— John Stott
Source: Radical Disciples: Some Neglected Aspects of Our Call
Church, responsibility, holiness
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"The greatest danger to the church has never come from external persecution and opposition, but from internal secularization and spiritual apathy. When Christians begin to crave worldly comforts and imitate worldly patterns, losing their witness of self-denial, holiness, and bearing the cross, the church loses its salty flavor and becomes nothing more than an empty shell."