I Just Want To Lobby For God.

World Travel And Getting To Know Clergy Of All Denominations Has Helped Mold Me Into An Ecumenical Being. We're Separated By Theology And, In Some Instances, Culture And Race, But All That Means Nothing To Me Any More.

I Feel Sorry For The Man Who Has Never Known The Bracing Thrill Of Taking A Stand And Sticking To It Fearlessly. Moral Courage Has Rewards That Timidity Can Never Imagine. Like A Shot Of Adrenaline, It Floods The Spirit With Vitality.

Any Preacher Who Preaches Beyond That Which He Has Experienced Is Incapable Of Preaching With Conviction.

In The Founding Era Of Our Country, It Was Not Organized Religion But Personal Faith That Brought Focus And Unified The Early Leadership-maybe An Unspoken Faith In God, And Certain Values That Came With That Faith. So In That Sense, We Cannot Discount, In My Judgment, Religious Faith In Politics.

When Our Faith Becomes Nothing More Than A Series Of Rules And Regulations, Joy Flees And Our Love For Christ Grows Cold.