Some labeled Jerry Falwell an American version of the Ayatollah Khomeni. People for the American Way, a group organized to counter the Moral Majority, launched a slick media campaign attaching the Nazi slur to the religious right.

Moral crusaders with zeal but no ethical understanding are likely to give us solutions that are worse than the problems.

Over the years since I became a Christian, I have always deliberately explained that I have 'accepted Jesus Christ.' These words are invariably translated into 'Colson's professed religious experience.' I discovered that one major U.S. daily, as a matter of policy, will not print the two words Jesus Christ together; when combined, the editor says, it represents an editorial judgment.

Nearly every grave moral failure begins with a small sin.

We should always pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should always act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves.

God is truth and is to be worshiped, not because it's convenient, makes us feel good, or is therapeutic.

You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.