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" When I looked very closely to the Bible and to Jesus, this Christ who came, I discovered something awesome. I discovered that when He's first, then He places me in a second position that's above the class that I was given by other men. "

Tony Evans

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" Separation of church and state should never mean separation of God and right. "

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

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

" Whenever my dad wasn't working, he'd take me along to pass out biblical tracts on street corners or in visits to the local prison. "

Tony Evans

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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. "

" 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. "

" Slavery was ungodly, unrighteous, and unbiblical. "

Tony Evans

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" If you're not married, and your boyfriend is putting his hands on you, you know he ain't the one, because you know that will continue. "

" What God wants is for us to live by His rules, resulting in the receiving of His blessing and power. When we as Christians, celebrating our differences, join together as the house of God representing the kingdom of God for the glory of God, we get the response of God to our presence in history. "

" 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. "

Tony Evans

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

" 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. "

" Government can run and fund programs, but it can't love, it can't show compassion, and it can't embrace. Our faith is designed to have social implications, not just heavenly ones. The spiritual and the social must be connected. "

" 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. "

" We need a right view of the cross. It is both a historical event that can take us to Heaven and a current event that can bring Heaven to bear on Earth. "

" 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. "

" We've got to move from membership to discipleship to being full-time Christians, not part-time saints. That means operating comprehensively on the value system of Heaven as we move about in history. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" America was never officially a Christian nation, since neither Jesus Christ nor the Bible are mentioned in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. But there's no denying the influence Christianity has had on our country. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you or the devil or anyone else could remove you from Christ's hand, then that entity would be greater than Christ, and the eternal life He gave you would not be eternal at all. That's an impossible equation. "

" Churches need to be intentional about reaching the next generation by creating templates for young people to see that there is a stepping stone for leadership in this church. "

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