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" Slavery was ungodly, unrighteous, and unbiblical. "

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

" The issue of race is not an issue of choice. It's an issue of birth. "

" We should love people, care about people regardless of where they come from. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The separation of church and state is a suburban, not an urban, issue. "

" I must confess that it is a lot easier for me as a pastor to preach about prayer than to spend that same amount of time engaged in it. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Anyone who knows me knows that I love football. "

" If the church adopts a school, and the school has kids, and the kids have parents, well, then you've reconnected the hub of a community, because you've brought together its three most fundamental institutions - church, schools, and family. "

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

" Our God is a great coach, and he's got a great playbook. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Anything you can do that connects believers with one another engages the church to go the next level, which keeps the pastor from being burnt out, which therefore keeps him in the ministry. "

" Whenever you exclude God and the value system that He represents out of the equation of a life, of a family, or a culture, you create a spiritual vacuum. Nature abhors a vacuum. It must be filled with something. "

" Biblical justice is the equitable application of God's moral law in society. "

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

" What God wants is for us to live by His rules, resulting in the receiving of His blessing and power. When we as Christians, celebrating our differences, join together as the house of God representing the kingdom of God for the glory of God, we get the response of God to our presence in history. "

" You can't blame things for being dark if the light bulbs aren't working. So we're complaining about the darkness when the bulbs aren't working, and the Bible says that we are the light of the world. "

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