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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. "
Tony Evans
Unity
King
Church
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" Every four years, the eyes of America become riveted on the national election returns. But God's first concern during any political season is not the same as our first concern - it is not about what is happening, or going to happen, in the White House. God's first concern is what is happening, or not happening, in His house. "
Tony Evans
America
Election
Eyes
" 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. "
Tony Evans
Prayer
Work
Day
" The Church has failed to be a positive influence for good in our nation and our world. "
Tony Evans
World
Church
Good
" Until we take seriously God's definition of the church and stop just 'having church,' we will not see transformation in our society. "
Tony Evans
God
Church
Transformation
" 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. "
Tony Evans
Hope
Life
You
" Getting to know God by His names is more than simply learning a new word or discovering a new title He goes by. Learning to know God by His names opens up the door to knowing His character more fully and experiencing His power more deeply. "
Tony Evans
Power
Door
Learning
" Biblical justice is the equitable application of God's moral law in society. "
Tony Evans
Law
Justice
Society
" Prayer is the God-given communication link between Heaven and Earth, time and eternity, the finite and the infinite. "
Tony Evans
Heaven
Time
Prayer
" 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. "
Tony Evans
Will
Men
Street
" 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. "
Tony Evans
I Am
Jesus Christ
Suffer
" Peace, unity, love, and nonviolence should be our rallying cry and the catalyst for change in our nation. "
Tony Evans
Love
Change
Nation
" If God created the family, He should be the ultimate definer of what it is, and that should be our point of reference. "
Tony Evans
Family
God
Point
" I used to be one of those students who needed to see something bigger, and God brought people into my life who gave me a bigger vision than the circumstances that surrounded me. "
Tony Evans
Life
Vision
People
" I could have ended up a casualty of a broken family, like so many of the kids around me in inner city Baltimore. But my life was forever changed the year I turned 10. That was the year my dad turned to Jesus. "
Tony Evans
Me
Family
City
" The issue of race is not an issue of choice. It's an issue of birth. "
Tony Evans
Race
Choice
Issue
" 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. "
Tony Evans
Enough
Wrong
Bible
" 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. "
Tony Evans
You
Never
God
" Whenever you define family as anything other than a man and a woman married together, you have just introduced an ethical nightmare. "
Tony Evans
Just
Family
Woman
" Ladies, you do not have to submit yourself to any man abusing you. "
Tony Evans
Any
Man
Submit
" 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. "
Tony Evans
Racism
Believe
Decisions
" I have always and will always stand on behalf of justice and do not condone oppression in any form. "
Tony Evans
Always
Justice
Will
" 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. "
Tony Evans
Image
God
Black
" We should love people, care about people regardless of where they come from. "
Tony Evans
Should
Care
Come
" 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. "
Tony Evans
Man
Consequences
God
" The more people marginalize the true God of the Bible, the more chaotic things become. "
Tony Evans
Bible
More
People
" Although all serious Christians recognize the importance that the Bible places on prayer, most fall short when it comes to doing it. "
Tony Evans
Short
Bible
Fall
" When you repent and operate on God's standards, now you have restoration and reconciliation. "
Tony Evans
Reconciliation
Standards
You
" It is in following Christ as our captain that we can win in our personal lives, families, churches, and communities. "
Tony Evans
Personal
Win
Churches
" 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. "
Tony Evans
Kingdom
Church
Unique
" If there is one thing you can count on in your life, it's that your path will not always be easy. "
Tony Evans
You
Will
Easy