I dont know that the United States is Gods Country, but the church has been so strong here, and because of its influence, we hold life to be sacred and we believe that individuals have dignity. This is part of our legacy.

There's people been friendly But they'd never be your friends Sometimes this has bent me to the ground

Prayer is a grace through which we pour ourselves out before God and through which He calls us into His presence.

It's not the job of government to help the poor. The church is the mechanism that God put on earth to help the poor.

There's a difference, you know, between faith and playing make-believe. One will make you grow. The other one will make you sleep.

God did not give Joseph any special information about how to get from being the son of a nomad in Palestine to being Pharaoh's right hand man in Egypt. What He did give Joseph were eleven jealous brothers, the attention of a very loose and vengeful woman, the ability to do the service of interpreting dreams and managing other people's affairs and the grace to do that faithfully wherever he was.

If you can't be good, be loud.