Quotes About Biblical values

Sadly, the Religious Right was never about the advancement of biblical values. The modern, politically conservative evangelical activism we see today is a movement rooted in the perpetuation of racial segregation, and its affiliation with the hard-right fringes of the conservative movement beginning in the late 1970s produced a mutant form of evangelicalism inconsistent with the best traditions of evangelicalism itself.

I'd rather be biblically correct than politically correct.

Power is meant to be shared with the goal of empowering others. Hoarded power weakens others and exalts oneself. Power, when grounded in biblical values, serves others by liberating them. It acknowledges that people bear the image of God and treats them in a way that will nurture the development of that image. In so doing, we honor their Creator.

A secular worldview hostile to biblical values has overrun our culture and permeated our government.

When certain characteristics of growing churches become the "holy grail," simply because they work, not because they are biblically sound, then pragmatism has become an idol.

We live in an age in which the biblical-moral traditions that have guided us for centuries are increasingly being forgotten.

Doing justice, loving mercy, seeking truth...these are the issues [the Bible] is clear on.

Granted, those of us who take Scripture seriously are often written off as ignorant or narrow-minded bigots in America today. And it's becoming increasingly common to be discriminated against for simply articulating biblical values. But let's be real. We've got it easy compared to many who are attempting to live their lives for Jesus in other parts of the world. We have nothing to whine about.

For the purposes of a pluralist society, the Bible is not about fact. It is about values. If we were a bit more tolerant about allowing the teaching of biblical values as ethics, we'd find far less pressure for the teaching of biblical fables as science.

Ken Cuccinelli is a statesman. He has stood for biblical values even when it wasn't popular.