“Stop saying all these silly things that you are saying, that the body of Christ is divided, and that it is a mess and full of sin. I would not talk about the bride of Christ that way if I were you.”

“What you actually have in so many congregations today is a bunch of goats and tares among the sheep (Mat 25: 31-46; 13: 24-30). And because very little biblical, compassionate church discipline is practiced, they live among the sheep, they feed on the sheep, and they destroy the sheep. And those of you who are leaders in those churches are going to pay a high penalty when you stand before the One who loves them—because you did not have enough courage to stand up and confront the wicked.”

(Paul Washer, Ten Indictments against the Modern Church, ebook, Loc 518 of 953)