Quotes from Tony Evans

The Bible is pregnant with politics. You cannot read the Bible from Genesis through Revelation and go through too many chapters that are not involving politics.

The truth is an objective standard by which reality is measured; it's God's point of view on any subject.

Every four years, the eyes of America become riveted on the national election returns. But God's first concern during any political season is not the same as our first concern - it is not about what is happening, or going to happen, in the White House. God's first concern is what is happening, or not happening, in His house.

When families break down, you have a lot of repercussion from that, from poverty to crime to lack of discipline.

As God is continually being marginalized and dismissed in the culture, you will continue to see evil proliferate.

Disciples are people who operate under the rule of God, and if we're not operating under the rule of God, we can't expect the broader society to take God seriously.

Churches are having a limited impact on society because they fail to understand that the goal of the church is not the church itself but the kingdom.

Prayer is the means by which God has established for God's people to invite the spiritual into the physical, and the invisible realm into the visible realm.

Religious programs, activities have often blurred and sidelined the centrality of the cross - causing religion to be empty of its core.

Government can run and fund programs, but it can't love, it can't show compassion, and it can't embrace. Our faith is designed to have social implications, not just heavenly ones. The spiritual and the social must be connected.

Success is not what you have done compared to what others have done. Success is what you have done compared to what you were supposed to do.

There is no area of life that does not have a biblical worldview attached to it.

If people are taught wrong, raised wrong, or haven't taken the Bible seriously enough, then they can go into academic error, emotional error, psychological error.

If you're not married, and your boyfriend is putting his hands on you, you know he ain't the one, because you know that will continue.

It is in following Christ as our captain that we can win in our personal lives, families, churches, and communities.

In Scripture, a name often connotes purpose, authority, makeup, and character. In fact, a person's name is frequently seen as an equivalent of that person.

There are two answers to every question - God's answer and everybody else's - and everybody else is wrong when they disagree with him.

God created the races. He created different backgrounds and cultures. But He created them all to operate under His authority.

My fellow believers, it is time to return to the Book. It is time to look to the one source that holds the answers for how our country should operate, the Bible.

Ministry burnout is a real problem because it's never-ending.

People from different backgrounds may not have natural affinity, but when the Word of God is treated right and the Holy Spirit is allowed to engage, it can bring together things, people, backgrounds, histories, races, colors, and cultures and hold them together in a way that natural affinity may not be able to do.

And when you redefine the family other than what the Creator intended when he established it, then you look at the devolution of civilization.

The cross is to be our point of reference for every area of our lives all the time.

We don't apologize for who we are. We do what we do as Christians. Our faith isn't hidden. There should never be a separation between God and good works.