The biblical picture is not one of an upward, linear progress or a precipitous, downward decline. It is a more complicated picture of a fallen world in which there is a gospel of power.

An 'almost gospel' doesn't raise a corpse.

The church is not built on the rock foundation of geniuses and influencers but of apostles and prophets.

Moral cowardice at the expense of the vulnerable unborn is both wrong and pathetic.

I believe that we're all created in the image of God and we're all fallen sinners. And I think we can recognize that as we look backward in history.

I think we can remember our past without valorizing parts of our past that we ought to see as wrong.

Charleston was where America split apart in 1861. Maybe it's where America comes together in 2015.

Too often, our concept of pastors and church leaders reinforces rather than obliterates the sad state of family life in our current context.

The root of impatience in discipline is really the same as that of overindulgence. In both instances, parents want to make up for lost time, to speed up a process that takes time.

We find it difficult to distinguish between spiritual combatants… and their hostages.

The culture around us knows what it means when they see a church in perpetual bluster and outrage. They know that we are scared.

I want you, " she said."I told you so, " he said.

Diamonds are valuable because they are uncommon

In all American professional sports you start on a certain level and you have to work your way up through a farm system. It's really the same in acting.

An itinerant masseur, massaging the politically erogenous zones.

You've got to make your mark. I just want some hank-panky. You never forget who you are sexy vs Skanky.

In the past two or three years, the number of clubs has doubled ... we've got close to 8 000 players, about 60 to 80 clubs. It's not restricted to the metros any more, it's gone rural.

For at least 2,000,000 years men have been reproducing and multiplying on a little automated spaceship called earth.

One report said that since my time on the run I've had 2,500 girlfriends. I mean, you have got to realize I've been on the run for more than 30 years. I have got to have had more than that.

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.