Quotes about Influence
The church has allowed itself to get so swept up in political issues that it plays by the rules of power, which are rules of ungrace
— Philip Yancey
Change came from below, as it usually does, rather than being imposed from above.
— Philip Yancey
Author Stephen Brown notes that a veterinarian can learn a lot about a dog owner he has never met just by observing the dog. What does the world learn about God by watching us his followers on earth?
— Philip Yancey
Jesus, who said little about how believers should behave when we gather together and much about how we can affect the world around us.
— Philip Yancey
We must continually ask ourselves: Is our first aim to change our government or to see lives in and out of government changed for Christ?
— Philip Yancey
When the church joined with the state, it tended to wield power rather than dispense grace.
— Philip Yancey
When the church has occasion to set the rules for all society, it often veers toward the extremism
— Philip Yancey
What does the world learn about God by watching us his followers on earth?
— Philip Yancey
the Bible gives no direct advice for citizens of a democracy. Paul and Peter urged their readers to submit to authorities and honor the king, but in a democracy we the citizens are the "king.
— 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
It is difficult, if not impossible, to communicate the message of grace from the corridors of power.
— Philip Yancey
Grace has its own power, even in international politics.
— Philip Yancey