“Isaiah calls the Church barren because her children are born without effort by the Word of faith through the Spirit of God. It is a matter of birth, not of exertion.” ChildrenMatterSpiritBornChurchEffortBirthBarrenExertionSpirit Of God Book:Commentary on Galatians Source: Commentary on Galatians
“[On marriage:] Someone once said that it was like a crowded church - those outside were endeavouring to get in, and those inside were making violent efforts to get out.” SaidChurchEffortViolentCrowded Book:The Master's Violin Source: The Master's Violin
“Our best efforts at changing society will fall short unless the church can teach the world how to love.” WorldFallChurchEffortTeachHow To LoveBest Effort Author:Philip Yancey
“Since the early days, [the church] has thrown itself violently against every effort to liberate the body and mind of man. It has been, at all times and everywhere, the habitual and incorrigible defender of bad governments, bad laws, bad social theories, bad institutions. It was, for centuries, an apologist for slavery, as it was an apologist for the divine right of kings.” MenMindHas BeensBodyGovernmentLawSocialChurchEffortCenturyDivineTheoryKingsInstitutionsSlaveryAll TimeThrownMind And BodyHabitualDefendersBad GovernmentDivine RightIncorrigibleSocial TheoryBad LawsDivine Right Of Kings Author:H. L. Mencken
“The problem is efforts by liberals to establish a wall between religion and society, in the guise of maintaining the wall between church and state.” StatesProblemChristianChurchReligiousEffortWallMaintainingChurch And StateGuise Author:Irving Kristol
“In a word, the free Church in a free State has been the programme which led me to my first efforts, and which I continue to regard as just and true, reasonable and practical, after the studies of thirty years.” YearsFirstsHas BeensStatesReligionChurchEffortStudyRegardPracticalsThirtyReasonableThirty YearsProgrammesFree State Author:Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
“Every heresy has been an effort to narrow the Church.” Has BeensChurchEffortHeresy Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton