Quotation Marks
"I've hinted at this before, but now I am saying it—don't give money to the RNC."
Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council, after news reports revealed the Republican National Committee had spent $2,000 at a Los Angeles strip club.
Source: Family Research Council
"My soul, my marriage, my family, and my ministry pattern need a reality check from the Holy Spirit."
John Piper, repenting for "several species of pride in my soul" and announcing he would take an eight-month leave to spend time with his wife, Noël.
Source: Desiring God
"I just want to be in peace and quiet for a while and be reunited with my family."
Gao Zhisheng, the Chinese Christian human-rights lawyer who disappeared more than a year ago, in a series of phone calls to media outlets saying he was "free at present." Observers believe he is still under police surveillance and restrictions.
Source: Associated Press
"My faith is very important to me. But I don't necessarily define my faith by going to church every Sunday. Because now when I go to church, I feel like it's a show."
Miley Cyrus, actress and singer.
Source: Parade
"By having the phrase 'In the Year of Our Lord,' it is directly referencing Jesus Christ, and not everyone believes in Jesus Christ."
Sidra Qureshi, a Muslim student campaigning to have the phrase removed from the diplomas of her San Antonio school, Trinity University.
Source: San Antonio Express-News
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Bible Believer
If your school quotes Jesus, find out before you go there and go somewhere else. If a school has a Bible class and not all students believe the Bible, should they stop teaching the class? What rubbish!
Dan H.
@TS: You have to admit that Science is constantly revising what it perceives as scientific truth. So what do you call that information that scientists held as uniformally true, but then later abandoned when it was proven wrong? So the point I am making is this: why does Science get a pass at promoting false findings in the school texts - and I'm only talking about what they know is false. Eg. the moths on the tree photograph in science texts. Remember that one? I do. Long after it was proven a fake it was still being published in school texts as an example of evolution at work. And the discredited scientific belief that the development of the human from fertilized egg onward mirrored our evolution from fish to mammal. Nope, I think the bible should be in schools right along with the Q., Mao's little red book, Hitler's Mein Kamph, Communist Manifesto, and even Darwin's Theory of Origins. I would only ban pornography - and Captain Underpants. But that's about it.
Jojo Bive
To Miley Cyrus, Please stop using the church as an excuse for your complacency. If you think that the church you are entertaining to has devolved into an entertainment, then attend somewhere else. There are thousands of churches in America that will definitely suit your taste. But please don't give the excuse that makes the church look like a lone shopping mall in the middle of the desert. Maybe you could start by reappraising your priorities and convictions by looking in at your heart in the light of God's Word.