“I believe that throughout my life, and particularly as I’ve gotten older, that it’s very important to take your body where your heart is. If you’ve got your body somewhere where your heart’s not, that’s just not where it ought to be.”
Lester Cooper
The pastor of Concord Baptist Church in Cumming, Ga., was explaining why he has resigned as a trustee of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board. (ABP)
“If you’re not willing to lose an election over important principles, then you don’t deserve to ever win an election. And church-state separation has always been an issue that I was more than willing to lose over, because I know there are a lot of people throughout the world who have sacrificed more than elections in their defense of religious freedom.”
Chet Edwards
In the November elections, the Democrat lost his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he has served Central Texas district for nearly 20 years. (ABP)