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The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.

In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo.

In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing!

Evangelicals can't be closely identified with any particular party or person. We have to stand in the middle, to preach to all the people, right and left.

There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's been a melding in their goals when it comes to the separation of church and state. I've always believed in the separation of church and state.

It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know.

Evangelical churches are weaker than we realize because we don't teach the confessions and doctrine.

Much of the impotence of American churches is tied to a profound ignorance and apathy about justification. Our people live in a fog of guilt. Or just as bad, they think being a better person is all God requires.

If you're a preacher's kid, you see the church differently.

Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church's credibility.