Recognizing our Need to Repent

One critic said he had gone to many churches and heard the preacher say,
"Don't try to impress God with your works" or "Don't attempt to please God
with your merits" or "Don't try to keep the rules and regulations and thus
win your way." He looked around at nearly slumbering collections of utterly
casual Christians and wondered, "Who's trying?"

Martin Marty