The church does not draw people in; it sends them out.

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.

I meet millions who tell me that they feel demoralized by the decay around us. The hope that each of us has is not in who governs us, or what laws are passed... Our hope is in the power of God working in the hearts of people.

I do not believe one can experience conversion or the fullness of the Christian life apart from the church.

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

We humans, you see, have an infinite capacity for self-rationalization.

The dynamism and freedom that characterizes the West is the product of Christianity's reforming itself and moving forward culturally. The ascendancy of the West is the story of the difference that Christianity makes, and it's a story we can't let our culture forget.