Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion.

Today's widespread relegation of religion to merely something people do only in the privacy of their homes or churches would have been unimaginable to the founders of the republic - even those who personally repudiated orthodox Christian faith.

Wilberforce and the band of abolitionists knew that a private faith that did not act in the face of oppression was no faith at all.

Remain at your post and do your duty - for the glory of God and His kingdom.

I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.

Heroism is an extraordinary feat of the flesh; holiness is an ordinary act of the spirit. One may bring personal glory; the other always gives God glory.

To turn away from the great questions and dilemmas of life is a tragedy, for the quest for meaning and truth makes life worth living.