If your Christianity depends upon a pastor's preaching, then you're a long way from being where you should be.
Aiden Wilson TozerThe most critical need of the church at this moment is men, bold men, free men. The church must seek, in prayer and much humility, the coming again of men made of the stuff of which prophets and martyrs are made.
Aiden Wilson TozerWhat has the church gained if it is popular but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?
Aiden Wilson TozerThe labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed... The heart's fierce effort to protect itself from every slight, to shield its touchy honor from the bad opinion of friend and enemy, will never let the mind have rest.
Aiden Wilson Tozer