Quotes about Religion
I see the confusion of politics and religion as one of the greatest barriers to grace. C. S. Lewis once said that almost all crimes of Christian history have come about when religion is confused with politics. Politics, which always runs by the rules of ungrace, allures us to trade away grace for power, a temptation the church has often been unable to resist. Those
— Philip Yancey
I see the confusion of politics and religion as one of the greatest barriers to grace.
— Philip Yancey
The first nation to separate Christianity from government produced perhaps the most religious nation on earth.
— Philip Yancey
Evil's greatest triumph may be its success in portraying religion as an enemy of pleasure when, in fact, religion accounts for its source: every good and enjoyable thing is the invention of a Creator who lavished gifts on the world.
— Philip Yancey
in John Adams' words, "Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.
— Philip Yancey
many such episodes it became clear that religion allied too closely to the state leads to the abuse of power. Christian experiments with church-state blending, whether in Geneva under Calvin or in Spain and Latin America under the Inquisition, may have worked for a time but inevitably provoked a backlash against the church, such as that seen in secular Europe today.*
— Philip Yancey
Jesus did not mix his spirituality with politics.
— Philip Yancey
Hebrews: No one knows who wrote Hebrews, but it probably first went to Christians in danger of slipping back into their old, rule-bound religion. It interprets the Old Testament, explaining many Jewish practices as symbols that prepared the way for Christ.
— Philip Yancey
He lambastes Catholics. He opposes the J. B. Phillips version of the Bible because Phillips had a friendship with C. S. Lewis, who drank beer and smoked a pipe.
— Philip Yancey
Only Christianity dares to make God's love unconditional.
— Philip Yancey
According to Barna surveys, 61 percent of today's youth had been churched at one point during their teen years but are now spiritually disengaged.
— Philip Yancey
In the study of scientific atheism, there was the idea that religion divides people. Now we see the opposite: love for God can only unite.
— Philip Yancey