"When
the church preaches the gospel as the power of God, as spiritual
dynamic that can operate in men and change them, it is THEN that she
deals with the social problem; not when she is talking about the social
problem, and giving statistics and making moral appeals. That is a waste
of time, and we must reject it as a temptation from the devil! I do not
hesitate to say so. The devil is perfectly satisfied as long as the
church is just reading, Sunday by Sunday, little moral essays, trying to
give a little moral uplift, and making an appeal to people to be
decent. I am certain that at such times the devil rejoices, because he
knows that his kingdom will not be affected." ~Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
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