CHURCH:
SOCIAL CLUB; CHURCH: PRESENCE OF GOD

First, the fellowship of the Church has degenerated into a social fellowship with a mild religious flavor.

In that regard, I want you to know where I stand—it is important and I want to say it plainly. I want the presence of God Himself, or I don’t want anything at all to do with religion. You would never get me interested in the old maids’ social club with a little bit of Christianity thrown in to give it respectability. I want all that God has, or I don’t want any.

Exodus 33:14–16; Revelation 3:15–17

The Counselor, 38.