Religious Focus Quotes

If I started preaching politics from the pulpit, our church would empty overnight. That's not why people come to church. They want to hear the word of God being proclaimed, not the word of Robert Jeffress.

I don't blame other people for the rap that Christians have. A lot of Christians are just mental. A lot of Christians are more concerned with telling you where you're gonna go when you die than what you can have while you're here.

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

At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.

I only read the Holy Koran, the Bible and the sports pages

As a Jew, I recognize the importance of Israel historically, liturgically: its place in our history and in our sacred texts. I fully recognize and appreciate that. I just think that, for me, a sole focus on Israel gets in the way of the pursuit of a relationship with God and a more spiritual existence within Judaism.

Jews focus on the Torah, the embodiment of God's will; Christians, on an embodied God.

Whatever keeps me from my Bible is my enemy, however harmless it may appear to be.

...our concern is more about going to heaven than loving the King.

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

Faith has no value of its own, it has value only as it connects us with Him. It is a trick of Satan to get us occupied with examining our faith instead of resting in the Faithful One.