While I can see how the government has, at times, wasted taxpayers' money, and I can admit that too often its programs are ineffective, I also can see the good that government does.

The gospel is not about... pie-in-the-sky when they die. ... It is imperative that the up and coming generation recognize that the biblical Jesus was committed to the realization of a new social order in this world.... Becoming a Christian, therefore, is a call to social action.

I contend that Bush would be a lot more moderate if there weren't some fundamentalists breathing down his neck every time he wants to establish the state of Israel, every time he wants to do justice for the Palestinian people.

That a new humanity will be brought forth from this Christ consciousness in each person.

Our call is to be God's agents, to rescue not only the human race but the whole of creation.

It is hard to say what the future holds, but this is probable - it won't be just like the past.

When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to make concerning taxes.