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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

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

" As Christians, we often tend to get our Bible doctrine confused and start mixing truths that were never meant to be mixed. "

" 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. "

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

" Comebacks don't seem likely when your back is up against the wall and your hope is depleted. But if you will stay the course, you will discover God's power to reverse the irreversible in your life. "

" The Church has failed to be a positive influence for good in our nation and our world. "

" Football is oneness in action. When played well, it is unity on display. Players come from different races and different backgrounds. However, when they get on the field, they harmonize their differences toward a common goal. "

" 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. "

" Until we take seriously God's definition of the church and stop just 'having church,' we will not see transformation in our society. "

" 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. "

" If you or the devil or anyone else could remove you from Christ's hand, then that entity would be greater than Christ, and the eternal life He gave you would not be eternal at all. That's an impossible equation. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you repent and operate on God's standards, now you have restoration and reconciliation. "

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

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

Tony Evans

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" God has a kingdom. It's made up of citizens: some black, some white, some red, yellow, Spanish backgrounds. His intention was never that the individual uniqueness would cause them to lose sight of the flag flying over them - the flag of the cross. "

" We've got to move from membership to discipleship to being full-time Christians, not part-time saints. That means operating comprehensively on the value system of Heaven as we move about in history. "

" We don't apologize for who we are. We do what we do as Christians. Our faith isn't hidden. There should never be a separation between God and good works. "

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

" 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. "

" We're going to have to become very aggressive in addressing justice issues that have to do with fairness and doing that which is equitable and honoring to God. "

" Slavery was ungodly, unrighteous, and unbiblical. "

Tony Evans

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" I have always and will always stand on behalf of justice and do not condone oppression in any form. "

" 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. "

" God is not asking you to be anything other than what he's made you, as long as you submit to how he has made you, to how you relate to other people who he has made different than you. "