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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Eric Metaxas

Blood

Say

Beautiful

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

" Restricting the religious impulses of Americans is precisely like killing free enterprise with too many regulations. "

Eric Metaxas

Religious

Free Enterprise

" You and I must demonstrate love to our gay neighbors, of course, remembering that we are ultimately engaged in spiritual warfare. But we should boldly stand up when our rights as citizens and the demands of our conscience are threatened. "

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

" All of us, believers and non-believers, desire some kind of fellowship and connection. "

Eric Metaxas

Kind

Desire

" We've always been the most generous nation in the world when it comes to caring for those outside of our borders. "

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

" Young men, more than anything, need good role models in their lives. "

" 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.' "

" For proof that our culture has gone to the dogs, look no further than the bizarrely parental ways many Americans talk about our furry friends. "

" Ultrasound is instrumental in the fight against abortion precisely because it allows women to make an informed choice by shedding light in a place which, for most of its history, has been shrouded in secrecy. "

" Quite simply, our isolation from nature has become isolation from God's Word. Cocooned in our manmade world of climate-controlled homes, cars, subways, and high-rises, we're finding it easier to live as practical atheists. "

" 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. "

" Let me tell you something you already know: reading is critically important - especially for Christian believers. God, after all, reveals Himself to us in the written words of Scripture. Think about it: when we read the Word, we place ourselves in the very presence of God. "

" If the main contribution that Christians make to culture is complaining about it, we're doing something wrong. "

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

" Every single cell in each person's body tells us whether that person is a male or a female. There is no human being in history whose cells have some mixture of the two, nor anyone who has ever been able to change that cellular reality. "

" Our longing for immortality is good! It was put there on purpose. We were meant - from the moment of our creation - to live forever. "

" Thankfully, forgiveness, and the healing it brings in its wake, has nothing to do with 'deserve.' "

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

Eric Metaxas

Great

Nation

" Miracles are signs, and like all signs, they are never about themselves; they're about whatever they are pointing toward. Miracles point to something beyond themselves. But to what? To God himself. That's the point of miracles - to point us beyond our world to another world. "

" Most people really have no problem with the idea of a creator God. Their question is just what is this God like, how can I know about him, how can I know him. "

" The only leader America should ever have is someone who understands that the people are the government. "

" Even if you aren't a believer, there are incredible stories in the 'good book' that I guarantee you will keep you glued to the page. The Bible is no less a part of our cultural heritage than Shakespeare is - and by the way, Shakespeare's plays are absolutely loaded with Biblical references. "

" A Christian worldview impacts every area of life. Including making your house a home. "

" Many in our increasingly secular culture want to chase Christians out of the public square altogether. "

" I came to the conclusion over time that Trump is not the person I feared he was in the beginning when I was against him. "

Eric Metaxas

Over

Him

" If you accept my thesis that the universe and this earth are the most outrageous miracles by an infinite margin, then you will understand that simply for us to exist requires a miracle. "

Eric Metaxas

Universe

Understand

" I think that there are deceptive forces out there that will try to lead us away from God, and we really do need to be careful. "