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" If God created the family, He should be the ultimate definer of what it is, and that should be our point of reference. "

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" I used to be one of those students who needed to see something bigger, and God brought people into my life who gave me a bigger vision than the circumstances that surrounded me. "

" 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 cross is to be our point of reference for every area of our lives all the time. "

" Righteousness has to do with the vertical standard that God gives us to please Him. Justice has to do with the horizontal expression of that righteous standard in the lives of others. "

" I've talked to men who feel like they're overly sexual and, therefore, are attracted to any female who walks down the street. I will not excuse his activity with every female just because he feels driven in that direction. "

" Government is not a human institution. It is a divine institution that humans are to run on His behalf. When they create their own rules, then they become against the creator and what He intended for government to do. "

" We need to learn the names of God because when we know His character and His capacity, we will find rest and discover peace and power in His covenantal care of us. "

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

" Racism is not first and foremost a skin problem. It is a sin problem. See, when you believe that racism is a skin problem, you can take three hundred years of slavery, court decisions, marches, and the federal government involvement and still not get it fixed right. "

" Ladies, you do not have to submit yourself to any man abusing you. "

" We need to have a unified understanding of our national heritage without losing our personal distinctives. The closer that national heritage is to the rule of God, the more ordered our relationships will become in society. "

" Prayer is the God-given communication link between Heaven and Earth, time and eternity, the finite and the infinite. "

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

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

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

" If you're not married, and your boyfriend is putting his hands on you, you know he ain't the one, because you know that will continue. "

" 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. "

" When I looked very closely to the Bible and to Jesus, this Christ who came, I discovered something awesome. I discovered that when He's first, then He places me in a second position that's above the class that I was given by other men. "

" A name is so important in biblical settings that Scripture frequently mentions God Himself changing someone's name to reflect a new reality. Abram, which means 'exalted father,' was changed to Abraham, meaning 'father of a multitude.' "

" 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. "

" Although all serious Christians recognize the importance that the Bible places on prayer, most fall short when it comes to doing it. "

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

" God has a team. It's made up of African-American, Anglo, Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern, and a variety of other people and cultures. He never wants you to make your distinction, your history, or your background so precious to you that it messes up His team. "

" Religious programs, activities have often blurred and sidelined the centrality of the cross - causing religion to be empty of its core. "

" 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. "

" In the urban community, the church doesn't just take people to Heaven; it feeds, clothes, and houses them. It teaches them how to read and gets them jobs. The church should be doing all that. What the government should be doing is freeing up the church and supporting the church, as long as it is providing social services. "

" People from different backgrounds may not have natural affinity, but when the Word of God is treated right and the Holy Spirit is allowed to engage, it can bring together things, people, backgrounds, histories, races, colors, and cultures and hold them together in a way that natural affinity may not be able to do. "

" 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 truth is an objective standard by which reality is measured; it's God's point of view on any subject. "

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