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" Largely, the people driving abolition did it because of what they believed from the Bible. "

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" I think most people have no idea about what religious freedom means. "

" Religious liberty is misunderstood. It simply means that the Founders said that everyone in America should have the freedom to practice and exercise their religion. Not to believe it but to exercise our beliefs - to act on our beliefs. It's not about believing privately in your head, privately in that building, or simply about freedom of worship. "

" The logical conclusion of relativism is absurdity. Non-sense. A worldview that undermines its own premises. "

" God gave men and women work to do in the Garden before the Fall. "

" If America is an idea, which it is - we're not a nation of ethnic groups that say we're Americans because we have American blood; we have the blood of every nation in our veins - and there's something really beautiful about that, but it means that we are an idea and that we all have to buy into this idea. "

" Often, we have only focused on what we've done wrong as a nation. Of course we should face our sins and our mistakes. But if we get stuck there and don't focus on where we've come from and how we've overcome those sins and mistakes, we are truly to be pitied. "

" Work is not optional for those able to do work, and that's most of us. There are to be no shirkers in the Lord's kingdom. "

" There's already a world of evidence that life on Earth is unique and intelligently crafted. "

" Wilberforce, because of his faith, stood up for African slaves. Bonhoeffer, because of his faith, stood up for Jews. That's Christianity to me. "

" As Christians, we sin with anger because we lack faith in God's ability to provide for or protect us. "

" Thinking about the sins of others give us a feeling of moral superiority. But thinking about our own sins is a humbling experience, which is generally much less fun. "

" One of my favorite things about America is our breathtaking collection of national and state parks, many of which boast wonders the Psalmist would envy. "

" Home is - or should be - a place for companionship, for rearing children and having friends and family over for meals while the dog begs for scraps under the table. "

" There was a time when 'science' meant the systematic pursuit of knowledge through experimentation and observation. But it's rapidly becoming a synonym for progressive politics and materialist philosophy. "

" The greatest miracle of all time, without any close seconds, is the universe. It is the miracle of all miracles, one that ineluctably points with the combined brightness of every star to something - or Someone - beyond itself. "

" Every country has things to be proud of and to celebrate. "

" We all can do our part to address America's anger mismanagement crisis. And for us Christians, it starts with a little more faith, hope, and love. "

" Work allows us to take care of God's creation and bring glory to Him as His stewards. "

" To try to preemptively shut down debate with name-calling is profoundly un-American and will harm this country. "

" Men and women are complements to each other, physically and otherwise. "

" We may have city lights and the glow of touch screens to obscure our view, but God's world is still near at hand, even right here in New York City where I live. "

" Each era has the fatal hubris to believe that it has once and for all climbed to the top of the mountain and can see everything as it is, from the highest and most objective vantage point possible. "

" As an undergrad, I was the editor of the Yale humor magazine, and since then, I've published humor in the 'New York Times' and 'Atlantic,' among other places. "

" Perhaps the best thing about biographies is that they enable us to slip the strictures of time and provide a bracing corrective to our tendency to see everything in the dark glass of our own era, with all its blind spots, motes, beams, and distortions. "

" Created in the awesome image of God, men and women know that life has a meaning beyond 'eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.' "

" Donald Trump's rise is certainly a symptom of our fading virtue and faith, but ironically, he may well be our only hope for finding our way back to bolder expressions of them. "

" Religious liberty is the salt and light that has made us the great nation we are in a whole number of ways. "

" Freedom requires virtue. Virtue requires faith. And faith, in turn, requires freedom. You can't have coerced state-sanctioned religion. It has to be utterly free. "

" You can't fool children. "

" Women are, I think, moved by the idea that self-sacrifice is noble and can be the source of great joy. "