“In our era of creeping moral relativism, one of the best contributions of Christians in American culture has been that some of us still believe in objective truth and real right and wrong. But that rigorous moral code was all too readily abandoned when our leaders began to tell us that moral scruples must not be permitted to set limits on our treatment of suspected terrorists. When ‘the gloves came off,’ we wandered over to ‘the dark side,’ and absolutist Christian morality went missing.”
David Gushee
The Mercer University professor was writing in Associated Baptist Press about the paradox of Christian patriotism in America after 9/11.
“The devil wrote only one Bible and Joseph Smith found it under a rock.”
Stan Craig
The fundamentalist Baptist preacher in Greenville, S.C., was explaining why he’d vote for Michele Bachman over Mitt Romney, a Mormon, even though he doesn’t favor a female as U.S. president. He was quoted by the Los Angeles Times.
“If you’re coming here to save the sinners of Portland, don’t bother. But if you’re coming to be a good neighbor and friend you’ll find a lot of out-stretched hands.”
Chuck Currie
The Oregon minister was writing an open letter to Seattle megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll about his plans to expand his church to Portland. He was quoted by Religion News Service.