Seventy-six percent of the American people say we have a spiritual problem in our country. That's great, because now they understand the root of the problem is not that we haven't passed enough laws; rather, the root of the problem is in terms of our social value system.

Power is like saltwater; the more you drink, the thirstier you get.

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

When it comes to the culture, there's no such thing as peaceful coexistence. If we're not defending truth, fighting for Christian values in all of life, the truth will be sacrificed on the altar of mainstream secularism.

Life is a mess. And theology must be lived out in the midst of that mess.

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.

Nearly every grave moral failure begins with a small sin.