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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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" And when you redefine the family other than what the Creator intended when he established it, then you look at the devolution of civilization. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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" Human nature being what it is, if you told me you were going to give me one dollar with no strings attached, I probably wouldn't question the gift too much. But if you told me you wanted to give me one hundred dollars with no obligation, I'd have to think about it for a minute before accepting. "

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

" 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.' "

" To carry our cross is to have such a commitment and identify with Jesus Christ and what He accomplished that I am willing to suffer the repercussions to that identification. "

" We can never get around to being one nation under God if we can't even get around to being one Church under God. "

" 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. "

" If God created the family, He should be the ultimate definer of what it is, and that should be our point of reference. "

" 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. "

" The saga of a nation is the saga of its families written large. And whoever owns the family owns the future. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" As God is continually being marginalized and dismissed in the culture, you will continue to see evil proliferate. "

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

" I condemn racism on all levels, whether personal or systemic. "

" 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. "

" I was the oldest of four children, and the atmosphere was volatile for all of us. My father and mother were in constant conflict, making divorce seem like the only possible outcome. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Government is not a human institution. It is a divine institution that humans are to run on His behalf. When they create their own rules, then they become against the creator and what He intended for government to do. "

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

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

" 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. "

" In order to impact our society, we need to first model unity in the church. "

" We need to have a unified understanding of our national heritage without losing our personal distinctives. The closer that national heritage is to the rule of God, the more ordered our relationships will become in society. "