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

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

" Until we take seriously God's definition of the church and stop just 'having church,' we will not see transformation in our society. "

" God created the races. He created different backgrounds and cultures. But He created them all to operate under His authority. "

" 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. "

" God has established what man is supposed to do, and he expects man to do it his way and not a way independently of him. And when you do things independently of him, you have consequences you don't want to bear. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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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" God is not asking you to be anything other than what he's made you, as long as you submit to how he has made you, to how you relate to other people who he has made different than you. "

" God operates the world by covenants. Those covenants have specific jurisdictions and responsibilities, not to be infringed upon by another covenant. "

" Slavery was ungodly, unrighteous, and unbiblical. "

" 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. "

" When fathers come home after a tough day at work, they should come home to serve, like my father did, teaching lessons around the dinner table and leading the family in worship and prayer. "

" If there is one thing you can count on in your life, it's that your path will not always be easy. "

" The cross is to be our point of reference for every area of our lives all the time. "

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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. "

" 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. "

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

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" Far too often, we have limited the definition of the Church. While not in all cases, in many cases, 'Church' has become an informational, inspirational weekly gathering rather than the group of people that God has ordained from Heaven to operate on his behalf on Earth in order to bring Heaven's viewpoint into history. "

" Occasional setbacks are probably unavoidable - part of the struggle of living in a fallen world. Other setbacks are due to our own sin and failures, or circumstances outside our control. "

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