I just have a more holistic sense of what it means to be for life, knowing that life does not just begin at conception and end at birth, and that if I am going to discourage abortion, I had better be ready to adopt some babies and care for some mothers.

If we believe terrorists are past redemption, we should just rip up like 1/2 the New Testament because it was written by one.

I am convinced that if we lose kids to the culture of drugs and materialism, of violence and war, it's because we don't dare them, not because we don't entertain them. It's because we make the gospel too easy, not because we make it too difficult. Kids want to do something heroic with their lives, which is why they play video games and join the army. But what do they do with a church that teaches them to tiptoe through life so they can arrive safely at death?

I'm just not convinced that Jesus is going to say, "When I was hungry, you gave a check to the United Way and they fed me.

We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus.

The death penalty has succeeded in America, not in spite of Christians, but because of us. The Bible Belt is the Death Belt. Wherever Christians are most concentrated is where executions are happening, and that's deeply troubling to me.

When it comes to the big issues like immigration, everyone has a role. The government has a role. The church has a role. Every Christian has a role.