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“What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love.”
― In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
― In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
“Christian nationalism—the belief that America is God’s chosen nation and must be defended as such—serves as a powerful predictor of intolerance toward immigrants, racial minorities, and non-Christians.”
― Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
― Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
“Lad, it's one thing to be poor in pocket - nothing wrong with that. But poor in heart - that's no good.”
― On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
― On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
“The products Christians consume shape the faith they inhabit. Today, what it means to be a “conservative evangelical” is as much about culture as it is about theology.”
― Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
― Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
“Whataboutism does not work with the police, judges, or our mothers. If you work in customer service, do not try this. If you work for an airline, when a customer comes to you complaining that the airline has lost his family's luggage, it will not lead to job retention if you say, as a representative of the airline, that the other airlines lose luggage too.”
― The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency
― The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency
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