“The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes the dominating factor.”

“Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”

“Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?”

“Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?”

“In practice it undermines the transformation of faith. When Christians concentrate their time and energy on their own separate spheres and their own institutions-whether all-absorbing megachurches, Christian yellow-page businesses, or womb-to-tomb Christian cultural ghettoes-they lose the outward thrusting, transforming power that is at the heart of the gospel. Instead of being 'salt' and 'light' -images of a permeating and penetrating action-Christians and Christian institutions become soft and vulnerable to corruption from within.”

“Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.”