“Such self-denial 'may appear demanding,' but it will allow you, so to speak, to be and to breathe within the heart of the church.” HeartMaySelfSpeakChurchBreatheDenialSelf-denial Author:Pope Francis
“Apostasy occurs when a church leaves its historic moorings, abandons its historic confessional position, and degenerates into a state where either essential Christian truths are blatantly denied or the denial of such truths is widely tolerated.” StatesChristianChurchPositionTruth IsEssentialsDenialAbandonDeniedHistoricDegeneratesApostasyChristian Truth Author:R. C. Sproul
“There is something childish and legalistic about churches in which all of the saints observe precisely the same standards. When all lives begin to sink into the same mould of denial and exercise of liberty, something is amiss.” ChurchLibertyExerciseStandardsSaintDenialMouldLegalism Author:Walter J Chantry