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" I was the oldest of four children, and the atmosphere was volatile for all of us. My father and mother were in constant conflict, making divorce seem like the only possible outcome. "

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" What God wants is for us to live by His rules, resulting in the receiving of His blessing and power. When we as Christians, celebrating our differences, join together as the house of God representing the kingdom of God for the glory of God, we get the response of God to our presence in history. "

Tony Evans

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Power

" Ministry burnout is a real problem because it's never-ending. "

" When families break down, you have a lot of repercussion from that, from poverty to crime to lack of discipline. "

" In Scripture, a name often connotes purpose, authority, makeup, and character. In fact, a person's name is frequently seen as an equivalent of that person. "

" Whenever my dad wasn't working, he'd take me along to pass out biblical tracts on street corners or in visits to the local prison. "

Tony Evans

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Working

" The church is the only mechanism for mass mobilization. That's why the civil rights movement came out of the church. "

" We can never get around to being one nation under God if we can't even get around to being one Church under God. "

" The saga of a nation is the saga of its families written large. And whoever owns the family owns the future. "

" If people are taught wrong, raised wrong, or haven't taken the Bible seriously enough, then they can go into academic error, emotional error, psychological error. "

" The more people marginalize the true God of the Bible, the more chaotic things become. "

Tony Evans

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People

" Technology has changed how people communicate, how people relate, the speed at which this takes place. To ignore that, in the name of preaching the Word, is to forget that we're to preach the Word to people. "

" The goal was not only to teach people the Bible and minister to people personally and spiritually, but also to build a church to be community focused. "

" The separation of church and state is a suburban, not an urban, issue. "

" Peace, unity, love, and nonviolence should be our rallying cry and the catalyst for change in our nation. "

" Anyone who knows me knows that I love football. "

" Many people want 'God bless America,' but they don't want 'One nation under God.' The problem is you can't have one without the other. "

" Im afraid that when it comes to the Christian life, and especially the issue of assurance, too many of us adopt the Barney Fife approach. That is, we let the enemy bully us into believing that were only safe as long as were wearing our Christian 'uniform.' "

" In order to impact our society, we need to first model unity in the church. "

" Getting to know God by His names is more than simply learning a new word or discovering a new title He goes by. Learning to know God by His names opens up the door to knowing His character more fully and experiencing His power more deeply. "

" It is in following Christ as our captain that we can win in our personal lives, families, churches, and communities. "

" Every four years, the eyes of America become riveted on the national election returns. But God's first concern during any political season is not the same as our first concern - it is not about what is happening, or going to happen, in the White House. God's first concern is what is happening, or not happening, in His house. "

" The exclusion of God automatically means the inclusion of evil. "

" There are two answers to every question - God's answer and everybody else's - and everybody else is wrong when they disagree with him. "

" The Bible is pregnant with politics. You cannot read the Bible from Genesis through Revelation and go through too many chapters that are not involving politics. "

Tony Evans

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" As God is continually being marginalized and dismissed in the culture, you will continue to see evil proliferate. "

" When I heard Martin Luther King's speech, 'I Have a Dream,' I reflected on the fact that much of the success of that movement was driven by the unity of the church. "

" The history of our country has been driven by a Judeo-Christian worldview, and so that has dominated the landscape. So it's important that we recognize the lordship of Jesus Christ without apology in our emphasis on prayer. "

" I condemn racism on all levels, whether personal or systemic. "

" We should love people, care about people regardless of where they come from. "

" To carry our cross is to have such a commitment and identify with Jesus Christ and what He accomplished that I am willing to suffer the repercussions to that identification. "