Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

The highest purpose of the church is the glory of God. For God gathers the church to this end, that He might have a special assembly by which He would be acknowledged, praised, and glorified, Eph 1:11-12. The subordinate purpose of the church is the turning of people from darkness to light, their translation out of a state of wrath into the state of grace, and their inheritance of eternal life. - Johann Andreas Quenstedt, *The Church* pp. 14,15