You can’t believe something just because someone else desperately wants you to.

The search for truth takes you where the evidence leads you, even if, at first, you don't want to go there.

Sometimes Christian apologists say there are only three options to who Jesus was: a liar, a lunatic or the Lord. But there could be a fourth option - legend.

There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.

My students sometimes ask: what is a fundamentalist? I give them a very simple definition. A fundamentalist is no fun, too much damn, and not enough mental.

Different authors have different points of view. You can't just say, 'I believe in the Bible.

As time goes on, thing do get made up.

The problem then with Jesus is that he cannot be removed from his time and transplanted into our own without simply creating him anew

Kelsey laughed and the sound moved through him, made the hairs on his arms stand up, made hisheart beat faster

I think Donald Trump is simply incapable of sticking to a single message. Or of understanding that he doesn't know better than everyone else in every circumstance.

There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different.

Our history has shown us that the strongest growth in our economy is inclusive, broad-based growth.

A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you.

Be grateful for who you are and whatever you have. Everything you have is a gift from God.

Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do.

God is a place of safety you can run to, but it helps if you are running to Him on a daily basis so that you are in familiar territory.

The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

Tobacco is the plant that converts thoughts into dreams.