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  • "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo

  • 350yrs for The Church to Get it Right by Dr. Tim Bagwell

  • "Religious fundamentalism is dangerous because it cannot accept ambiguity and diversity and is therefore inherently intolerant. Such intolerance, in the name of virtue, is ruthless and uses political power to destroy what it cannot convert" - Rev. Peter Gomes
  • "The Bible alone is the most dangerous thing I can think of. You need an ongoing context and a community of interpretation to keep the Bible current and to keep yourself honest. Forget the thought that the Bible is an absolute pronouncement" - Rev. Peter Gomes


  • "The Bible itself speaks to us of the origin of the universe and its make-up, not in order to provide us with a scientific treatise, but in order to state the correct relationships of man with God and with the universe. Sacred Scripture wishes simply to declare that the world was created by God, and in order to teach this truth it expresses itself in the terms of the cosmology in use at the time of the writer." - Pope John Paul II
  • "In my view, there is no conflict in being a rigorous scientist and a person who believes in a God who takes a personal interest in each one of us. Science's domain is to explore nature. God's domain is in the spiritual world ... It must be examined with the heart, the mind, and the soul - and the mind must find a way to embrace both realms" - Francis Collins
  • "Most of us in the church recognize that we fall short of our goals, but we acknowledge our short comings and have come together to help one another overcome our failures" - Tony Campolo
  • “Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak.” -  Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • "Christians should acknowledge that opponents aren't enemies, that ultimately every person is worthy of respect and tolerance" - Michael Gerson
  • "The awareness that no one possesses perfect knowledge should lead to a humble pursuit of truth, both by individuals and by Christian schools" - Dr. William Underwood
  • "It wasn't the Law that taught us to fight against slavery and discrimination against Black people. It wasn't the Law that taught us to give women equal rights and the power to vote ... It was the reborn spirit of Love that taught this to us. That's what Jesus meant when he said you must be born again. You must be born of Love, not Law " - 
    Dr. Ed Hansen

  • " The ultimate measure of a [person] is not where [he or she] stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where [he or she] stands at times of challenge and controversy" - Dr. Martin Luther King a.k.a. MLK

  • "It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate" - James Baldwin
  • "Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today" -
    Malcolm X
  • "Through the power of words and actions, we make people stronger or weaker. We lift people up, or we drag them down" - Booker T. Washington
  • "Sometimes the worst evil is done by good people who do not know that they are not good" - Reinhold Niebuhr

  • This I Know,  by Dr. Kirby Godsey

  • ThruWay Christians - by John Shore, Trying God's Patience Since 1958

  • The essenence of the liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held. Instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a conciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment - Bertrand Russell

  • "Much of my life has been a pilgrimage - constantly learning, changing, growing and maturing. I have come to see in deeper ways some of the implications of my faith and message, not the least of which is in the area of human rights and racial and ethnic understanding" - Billy Graham
  • The word marriage is a big deal to people of faith. We’ve made it sacred. That’s why I believe that churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples should have total freedom to have whatever types of unions they believe as godly. But I think that we as a democratic society, as a constitutional republic — if we don’t respect individual civil liberties, then we’re making a horrific mistake. The church is in the early stages of another ‘the earth is flat’ crisis. I say to all religious people that we should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry on the subject. Or we’re going to be embarrassed in another 10 or 20 years - by Rev. Ted Haggard

  • "It would be foolish for me to speculate on who will be in Heaven and who won't ... I don't want to speculate about all that. I believe the love of God is absolute. He said he gave his son for the whole world, and I think he loves everybody regardless of what label they have" - Billy Graham
  • “If we are to be a great Christian university, we cannot be afraid to pursue the course of truth, wherever that course might lead. Indeed, if our pursuit of truth leads us to question our existing view of God, it may just be that
    God is trying to tell us something” -
    Dr. William Underwood
  • “Use the intellect that God has given you. Think critically. Have courage. And acknowledge -- no, embrace -- the right of others to disagree” -
    Dr. William Underwood

  • "I refuse to see racism as the reason behind every problem that I face. Racism exists in our society, but I'm beyond being victimized by it. My personal philosophy is to make friends and win over enemies" -
    Rep. Hank Johnson
  • "Servanthood - Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You dont have to have a college degree to serve. You dont have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You only need a heart" - MLK
  • "Life is not about having more and getting more—it's about serving God and serving others" - Rick Warren
  •  "Doubt is not always a sign that a man [or woman] is wrong; it may be a sign that he [or she] is thinking" - Oswald Chambers
  • " A perfect God does not require blind obedience, nor does He need unthinking loyalty. Freedom of conscience is a divine blessing, and our privilege to express it is a moral imperative" - Jeffrey Nielsen