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Quotes from Eric Metaxas

I guess I'm concerned that vulgarity has now officially entered the mainstream of our culture, and I think people have to respectfully stand up and say, 'No thanks.'
~ Eric Metaxas
Largely, the people driving abolition did it because of what they believed from the Bible.
~ Eric Metaxas
You and I must demonstrate love to our gay neighbors, of course, remembering that we are ultimately engaged in spiritual warfare. But we should boldly stand up when our rights as citizens and the demands of our conscience are threatened.
~ Eric Metaxas
Every country has things to be proud of and to celebrate.
~ Eric Metaxas
Thinking about the sins of others give us a feeling of moral superiority. But thinking about our own sins is a humbling experience, which is generally much less fun.
~ Eric Metaxas
For at least a decade, Millennials have been stereotyped as lazy, entitled, and stuck on social media. While that may not be entirely fair, they are notoriously liberal, overwhelmingly supporting left-leaning candidates and favoring policies like nationalized healthcare and same-sex 'marriage.'
~ Eric Metaxas
With the tools of democracy, democracy was murdered and lawlessness made "legal." Raw power ruled, and its only real goal was to destroy all other powers besides itself.
~ Eric Metaxas
If God is God, he is the God of reality and facts and science and history.
~ Eric Metaxas
The odds against life in the universe are simply astonishing. Yet here we are, not only existing, but talking about existing. What can account for it? Can every one of those many parameters have been perfect by accident? At what point is it fair to admit that science suggests that we cannot be the result of random forces?
~ Eric Metaxas
Where did God come from? It's certainly more complicated than trying to figure out where, say, Barry Manilow was born.
~ Eric Metaxas
There was a time when 'science' meant the systematic pursuit of knowledge through experimentation and observation. But it's rapidly becoming a synonym for progressive politics and materialist philosophy.
~ Eric Metaxas
He did not hope that God heard his prayers; he knew it.
~ Eric Metaxas
No politician has ever used his faith to a greater result for all of humanity, and that is why, in his day, Wilberforce was a moral hero far more than a political one.
~ Eric Metaxas
America is the only nation in the world based on an idea - freedom and self-government - so if we don't understand that idea and what sacrifices were made to win that freedom and keep it for over two centuries, how can we possibly continue to keep it?
~ Eric Metaxas
If the main contribution that Christians make to culture is complaining about it, we're doing something wrong.
~ Eric Metaxas
There's already a world of evidence that life on Earth is unique and intelligently crafted.
~ Eric Metaxas
Sometimes you have to hold your nose and vote for the person who is going to do the least damage or who is maybe going to pull you back from the brink.
~ Eric Metaxas
Work allows us to take care of God's creation and bring glory to Him as His stewards.
~ Eric Metaxas
Religion is the most fragile of all freedoms. And that's because it is the most threatening to those in power.
~ Eric Metaxas
Jesus was and is the enemy of dead religion.
~ Eric Metaxas
Language is powerful. Words matter.
~ Eric Metaxas
Quite simply, our isolation from nature has become isolation from God's Word. Cocooned in our manmade world of climate-controlled homes, cars, subways, and high-rises, we're finding it easier to live as practical atheists.
~ Eric Metaxas
Ultrasound is instrumental in the fight against abortion precisely because it allows women to make an informed choice by shedding light in a place which, for most of its history, has been shrouded in secrecy.
~ Eric Metaxas
Let me tell you something you already know: reading is critically important - especially for Christian believers. God, after all, reveals Himself to us in the written words of Scripture. Think about it: when we read the Word, we place ourselves in the very presence of God.
~ Eric Metaxas