Marvin Olasky Quotes

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• But to understand what it means to be strong and courageous, Christians should look to the person of Christ.
• Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring can…
• The data, however, do indicate that Christians who see Jews through a 17th-century lens, believing that most are thoroughly religious, are thoroughly wrong.
• A job should employ God-given talents in a way that glorifies Him.
• And yet, those who speak loudly and call anyone who disagrees with them a wimp often do a disservice to the cause they are promoting.
• Epidemics historically have tended to kill the very young and the very old, but AIDS is different: Those ages 20 to 40 are most affected,…
• I don't know the right number of immigrants to let in.
• Fifteen years ago, while I was temporarily chairing meetings of pro-life leaders, I pleaded with the angry males to say no to interviews, and instead…
• I grew up Jewish, became an atheist and a Marxist, and 28 years ago, at age 26, became a Christian.
• I still favor alternatives to governmental race-based preferences.
• It starts this way: The worth of a job is not defined by what it allows you to do when you're not working.
• Many American Muslims are peaceful and define jihad primarily as an internal struggle to improve.
• Materialist philosophies that treat human beings as machines or animals possess the high ground in our culture - academia, the most powerful media and many…
• For nearly a decade Democrats have sought a religious wedge issue that could separate big chunks of white evangelical voters from their Republican home. Now…
• Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as…
• Most organizations should be pro-active, but philanthropists concerned with poverty should deliberately be reactive, learning from the efforts of ordinary folks who tired of looking…
• Political journalists love graduate student intelligence, the ability to make clever allusions in seminars, and in 1999-2000 they hassled George W. Bush for not having…
• More people need to understand the games secular liberals play. Here's one rule-of-thumb: No matter how bad a story sounds - particularly if it sounds…
• Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed.
• Since governmental quotas expand bureaucratic power, provoke a backlash and are unfair to individuals, we need to find a better way to increase minority opportunities.

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