Pertinent Quotes

Chapter One:

"Martin Luther, a professor of divinity, nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the church of Wittenberg, Germany. His note put Christ, God's grace and His word on the throne, which shook the foundations of Christendom in Europe and shaped the nature and character of the Christendom that would lead the New World."

Chapter Two:

"The Declaration of Independence of the United States is distinctive in its purpose primarily because it defines its foundational purpose to protect those rights that make America distinctive among all the nations of the World, which rights it declares to be unalienable, endowed by the Creator, common and vital to the life of every human as God intended it."

Chapter Eight:

"Perspective is the relation of parts to one another and to the whole." It contrasts the secular humanist and the Christian world views, their foundations, and the implications of each as they impact our people and nation's government."

Chapter Eight:

"Americans must somehow come to grips with the truth about the spiritual division between the kingdom of the world and the kingdom of God, and how they each influence and manifest themselves through the acts and perspectives of people."

Chapter Nine:

"Certainly at the very core of our political struggles and many of our current social problems is the secularization of America."

Chapter Fourteen:

"President Woodrow Wilson warned America about the extreme danger of the concentration of powers in this or any government. "The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. When we resist, therefore, the concentration of power, we are resisting the powers of death, because concentration of power is what always precedes the destruction of human liberties."

Chapter Fifteen

"Life is not a movie! Success requires achievement not image! The keys to social and economic opportunity in America are preparing yourself, applying yourself and diligently working toward the goal. Economic opportunity isn't a civil right."

Chapter Eighteen

"If it is too late to correct our terrible dilemma, it is not because God is not willing, but because we are not willing! If it turns out that we are not willing, we will perish, and those who follow after us will have to pay a terrible price for our Spiritual blindness and rebellion. Unless the Lord should decide to raise up another generation who will follow after. Him, that price will be greater than we can possibly imagine."