What we need is not a religion that is right where we are right, but one that is right where we are wrong.

What is the message of Christmas? It is the birth of the One who promised peace, joy and love.

Years ago I was asked this question: Do terrorists fear anything? I said, 'I suspect they would fear a morally strong America.' They would know that a morally strong America would not be dislodged. You can always appeal to a point of vulnerability which would break a people up. [Terrorists] don't fear so much the weaponry as the moral courage, and I think a morally strong America would be intimidating to them.

Worship is a posture of life that takes as its primary purpose the understanding of what it really means to love and revere God.

If you believe in subjective morality, why do you lock your doors at night?

Jesus resisted the temptation of outrage and the quick fix of condemnation. He spent most of his time preparing wineskins before pouring new wine into them. Our tendency is to start pouring the wine into skins that will only burst.

You'll never get to a person's soul until you understand their hurts.