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" Racial distinctions should not be rejected; they should be embraced. "
Tony Evans
Embraced
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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" Prayer is God's backstage pass into a personal audience with Him. "
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" 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. "
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" The Church and only the Church has been given the keys to the kingdom, so we have unique access to God that nobody else has. "
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" The more people marginalize the true God of the Bible, the more chaotic things become. "
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" Christians historically have believed wrong on issues. Take slavery: they believed wrong on that issue for generations, and it had, just, repercussions that were staggeringly negative for our culture and my community. So it is possible to be Christian and to believe wrongly and practice wrongly. "
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" We can never get around to being one nation under God if we can't even get around to being one Church under God. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" As Christians, we often tend to get our Bible doctrine confused and start mixing truths that were never meant to be mixed. "
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" The Church has failed to be a positive influence for good in our nation and our world. "
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" We need a right view of the cross. It is both a historical event that can take us to Heaven and a current event that can bring Heaven to bear on Earth. "
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View
Right
" Religious programs, activities have often blurred and sidelined the centrality of the cross - causing religion to be empty of its core. "
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Empty
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" If there is one thing you can count on in your life, it's that your path will not always be easy. "
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" God operates the world by covenants. Those covenants have specific jurisdictions and responsibilities, not to be infringed upon by another covenant. "
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" 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. "
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" You may have an older audience in front of you holding the Bible and a younger audience holding an iPhone. You don't want to lose either audience. "
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" God created the races. He created different backgrounds and cultures. But He created them all to operate under His authority. "
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" The problem is that God is being dismissed from the culture, and that vacuum is allowing, or is the basis for, the deterioration of society. That is because Christians have not kept Him in the center of the culture. "
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" Black lives matter, as a subset of all lives matter. So any injustices to a particular group must be addressed specific to that group but under the banner that all life is created in the image of God. "
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" 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. "
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" Prayer is the God-given communication link between Heaven and Earth, time and eternity, the finite and the infinite. "
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" America was never officially a Christian nation, since neither Jesus Christ nor the Bible are mentioned in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. But there's no denying the influence Christianity has had on our country. "
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" Although all serious Christians recognize the importance that the Bible places on prayer, most fall short when it comes to doing it. "
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" Government can run and fund programs, but it can't love, it can't show compassion, and it can't embrace. Our faith is designed to have social implications, not just heavenly ones. The spiritual and the social must be connected. "
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" 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. "
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