...that is our calling: to show that there is a reality in personal relationship, and not just words about it.

Our relationship with each other is the criterion the world uses to judge whether our message is truthful - Christian community is the final apologetic.

If we do not show love to one another, the world has a right to question whether Christianity is true.

One of the greatest injustices we do to our young people is to ask them to be conservative. Christianity is not conservative, but revolutionary.

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.

No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation.

If Christians win a battle by using worldly means, they have really lost.

Man, made in the image of God, has a purpose - to be in relationship to God, who is there. Man forgets his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means.

Art is a reflection of God's creativity, an evidence that we are made in the image of God.

We must not only be True. We must be Beautiful.

Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.

Politics is the only field in which the character of a person does not stand in the way of his career.

Living honestly is a prerequisite for a clear conscience.

I am a mother. I see clearly that while I've been teaching them, they have been my reason to learn.

The quest to sin always knocks at the door of the heart, but behold! You have the right and will to open your door or never to mind the knocks, no matter how intense it is!

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

I was born in New Orleans, and I wasn't allowed to go to the movies.

See yourself confronting your fears in your mind's eye and handling those fears like a champ.

Sometimes there's something that you need a few takes to get it and if it takes 15 takes, it takes 15 takes. It really depends.

I don't think anyone here supports the legislation. But I'd like to hear you at least say that you don't support spanking by any parent, because you choose not to do it. You must think it's wrong.