God’s wonderful, inefficient mess

The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where flawed people place their trust in Christ, gather to know and love him better and learn to love others as he has designed. The church is messy and inefficient, but it is God's wonderful mess - the place where he radically transforms hearts and lives.

- Paul David Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change (P&R Publishing)