faith-based approach Quotes

Religion is a great force - the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get at a man through his own religion and not through yours.

You don’t need to seek opportunity. All you have to do is seek God. And if you seek God, opportunity will seek you.

It's not going to happen through technology or our intellectual abilities but only through prayer. When we pray, God works. We believe God blesses churches that bless missions.

Every other consideration and plan and emphasis is secondary to that of wielding the forces of prayer.

The ideal is not believing in, but believing from.

Faith is what I live by in everything that I do. I strive to give glory to God in every aspect of my life, even my films.

There's really only one true path to recovery that's using the 12 step program and finding a belief in something greater than yourself (spirituality).

Those who base their lives on the belief that a loving God is acting in their behalf tend to see problems as opportunities for growth.

The approach we try to take here [Morris's Institute for Creation Research] is to assume that the word of God is the word of God and that God is able to say what He means and means what He says, and that's in the Bible and that is our basis. And then we interpret the scientific data within that framework.

If men act upon the teaching of the Word of God, and as proportionately men live according to the teaching and commands of the Bible, so they have in practice a sufficient psychological base. I will find you a man dealing with psychological problems on the basis of the teaching of the Word of God, even if he never heard the word psychology, or does not know what it means.

Prayer is a practical strategy, the gaining of temporal advantage in the capital markets of Sin and Remission.

The heart of the issue is an issue of the heart. And that's why I'm a pastor, not a politician. Because I think only - only God can change hearts. And only God can take the evil out. I don't think you can legislate the evil out of people.

Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.

The average person doesn't understand what a stem cell is. There's a lack of health literacy in our nation. So the public can't really get into this dialogue because they don't understand the complexity of stem cells, not the faith-based approach, not the ideological or political, but the science behind stem cells.

I'm not looking for peace on earth, though, through a political solution. I'm a pastor.

I therefore think that I was right in trying from the outset of the Olympic revival to rekindle a religious awareness.

Your attitude toward others, work, and your daily life is a reflection of your attitude toward God.