“I’ve become more outspoken [about my faith] as I’ve gotten older, I think because I’ve got a confidence that I didn’t have when I was younger.”
“A lot of times, I think Christians think, ‘I’m getting credit if I’m talking about Jesus.’ And it’s like, Jesus has given you zero credit unless you are doing something that he’s called you to do or that is having an actual effect. It doesn’t matter if you’re just yapping.”
“I think that we really have to be as bold as we can be, but in a loving, sensitive way, in a way that doesn’t push people away…and I really think that if you have a real relationship with the Lord, then that becomes easier.”
“I want to help people see what it looks like to be a Christian in these different environments.”
“You need elders, you need wise people to help you, to model that, to give you a way to express your faith.”
“A lot of times Christians have shrunk from the political. There are some people who are too political, they make an idol of politics, but many Christians have also shrunk from the political because they say, ‘Well, I just want to preach the gospel.’”
“We all struggle with these things…but Bonhoeffer’s story, he’s the one who gave me the courage to say, ‘Look, some of your friends aren’t going to understand you, but at the end of the day, you need to worry about what the Lord thinks.’
“Many times we in America, we suffer from being too nice.”
“If the church does not become the church, become the people of God, willing to risk losing our 501c3 status, we’re not living on that edge. And I really think that we have self-censored and that we’re not doing anybody any favors.”
“We need to cherish the religious freedom we have in America, and we need to use it now. Because it is being challenged.”
“The closer we are to the Lord, the less fear we have.”
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