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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

" The exclusion of God automatically means the inclusion of evil. "

" Gone must be the days of only pointing fingers at others to fix what they may never fix. Our nation's ills are not merely the result of corruption or racism, although these are evil. Our troubles can also be traced directly to ineffective Christians. "

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

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

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

" We're going to have to become very aggressive in addressing justice issues that have to do with fairness and doing that which is equitable and honoring to God. "

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

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

" Football is oneness in action. When played well, it is unity on display. Players come from different races and different backgrounds. However, when they get on the field, they harmonize their differences toward a common goal. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Religious programs, activities have often blurred and sidelined the centrality of the cross - causing religion to be empty of its core. "

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

" 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. "

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" When families break down, you have a lot of repercussion from that, from poverty to crime to lack of discipline. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Slavery was ungodly, unrighteous, and unbiblical. "

Tony Evans

Slavery

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" It is in following Christ as our captain that we can win in our personal lives, families, churches, and communities. "

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

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