In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings.

If Jesus had not risen from the dead, no right-minded person would have glorified anything so hideous and repulsive as a cross stained with the blood of Jesus.An unopened grave would never have opened heaven.

Some of the greatest values that have influenced me through the years are those that I learned as a boy growing up on the farm. I remember mostly the love in our family, but I also remember the discipline. Then there was the work; we all had to work.

The Bible is the Constitution of Christianity.

When Scripture talks about the heart, it's not talking about that life-sustaining muscle. It's talking about our entire inner being. The heart is the seat of our emotions, the seat of decisive action, and the seat of belief (as well as doubt).

Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little black children.

Look, I happen to agree with what George says about the interpretation of the New Testament, but I want to remind both of you to never play God.