It has come to be a dreadfully common belief in the Christian Church that the only man who has a โcallโ is the man who devotes all his time to what is called โthe ministry,โ whereas all Christian service is ministry, and every Christian has a call to some kind of ministry or another.
Charles SpurgeonA man must have a stout digestion to feed upon some men's theology; no sap, no sweetness, no life, but all stern accuracy, and fleshless definition. Proclaimed without tenderness, and argued without affection, the gospel from such men rather resembles a missile from a catapult than bread from a Father's hand.
Charles SpurgeonA church should be a camp of soldiers, not an hospital of invalids. But there is exceedingly much difference between what ought be and what is, and consequently many of God's people are in so sad a state that the very fittest prayer for them is for revival.
Charles Spurgeon