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We absolutely have to support our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters. We just must. It's not fair that they don't get to live an authentic life.

We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the Holy Spirit to enable us in that pursuit. The pursuit of holiness is not a pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps approach to the Christian life.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

I disagree with a couple of the stances of the Catholic Church. My older brother is gay, and it's important for me to be able to love him completely and freely, and it's important for me to spread beliefs in the world that are not going to limit people in their love. I can't support a religion that doesn't support my brother.

I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them.

One of the central motivations for holiness in the New Testament is to be who you are, to understand your identity and your union in Christ and to live that way.

Holiness of life is not the privilege of a chosen few - it is the obligation, the call, and the will of God for every Christian.

Holiness through Christ's Spirit is the accountability every Christian should be striving towards.

When Jesus comes to live in our hearts, the seed of holiness is planted.

I don't think it's the responsibility of gays and lesbians to reinvent the family.