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" The familiar can feel good - especially with so much uncertainty when we turn on the news. But it doesn't uplift us, challenge us, or inspire anew as truly original work can. "

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" 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.' "

Eric Metaxas

Tomorrow

Women

God

" 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. "

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

" When Trump says America first, it doesn't mean cheering for America only. It means if you want to care for your neighbors, you have to make sure that you are yourself, first, healthy. "

" Doesn't assuming that an intelligence created these perfect conditions require far less faith than believing that a life-sustaining Earth just happened to beat the inconceivable odds to come into being? "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

Eric Metaxas

Religious

Free Enterprise

" I think the fact that I use salty words in my Bonhoeffer book would tip you off that I'm no prude, exactly. "

" Christians who enjoy and support art and culture, who make it a priority in their lives, and who reach out to those in the arts instead of reflexively pushing them away, can help bring the culture toward a renewed appreciation of goodness, truth, and beauty. And that is good for everyone. "

" We all have different strengths, different gifts. "

" Where did God come from? It's certainly more complicated than trying to figure out where, say, Barry Manilow was born. "

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

" To be labeled a 'science-denier' in 2017 often just means you've upset someone who insists on teaching strict, Darwinian orthodoxy in schools or who advocates particular climate legislation or who supports ethically fraught research on embryos. "

" I guess I'm concerned that vulgarity has now officially entered the mainstream of our culture, and I think people have to respectfully stand up and say, 'No thanks.' "

" It's a fact that if Hillary Clinton is elected, the country's chance to have a Supreme Court that values the Constitution - and the genuine liberty and self-government for which millions have died - is gone. Not for four years, or eight, but forever. "

" 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. "

" Miracles seem to attest to the presence of a loving and compassionate God, one who wants to help us, who wants to speak to us and encourage us. "

Eric Metaxas

Miracles

God

" Language is powerful. Words matter. "

" We're commanded by God to worship God with our mind. "

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

" Trump errs on the side of bluster sometimes for effect, but I don't think that the people who voted for him, most of them, would ever be for not caring for immigrants or refugees. People in the church know it's our obligation. "

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

" America is the only nation in the world based on an idea - freedom and self-government - so if we don't understand that idea and what sacrifices were made to win that freedom and keep it for over two centuries, how can we possibly continue to keep it? "

" Whether one believes in miracles or the miraculous has mostly to do with the presuppositions one brings to the subject. "

" Part of my life's thesis is that we live in a culture that has bought into the patently silly idea that there is a divide between the secular world and the faith world. "

" When you have a biblical idea of men's strength, you know that God only gives us anything good to be used for his purposes and mainly to serve others. "

" Sometimes you have to hold your nose and vote for the person who is going to do the least damage or who is maybe going to pull you back from the brink. "