"As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity agaisnt the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Musselmen; and as the said States never have entered in to any war or act of hostility against an Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

- Treaty of Peace and Friendship Between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli, of Barbary, Article 11. Cited in Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America, Hunter Miller, ed., vol. 2, docs. 1-40: 1776-1818. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931).

Religion

"The man who is truly forgiven and knows it is a man who forgives."
- D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

"Forgiveness: man's deepest need and highest achievement."
- Horace Bushnell

"Only one petition in the Lord's Prayer has any condition attached to it; it is the petition for forgiveness."
- William Temple

"If you are suffering from a bad man's injustice, forgive him lest there be two bad men."
- St. Augustine

"There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site."
- Sidney J. Harris

"God buried our sins in the depths of teh sea adn then put up a sigh that reads, "No fishing."
- Corrie Ten Boom

Forgiveness

by Vance Havner

Paul was not ignorant of Satan's devices, but we are not so wise. Among his most successful devices today are these:

- Exalting tolerance above truth.
- Emphasizing the head more than the heart.
- Making size more important than sort.
- Stressing the positive to the neglect of the negative.
- Putting happiness above holiness.
- Majoring on this world instead of the next.

Satan’s Devices

"We didn't do this for ourselves, but for our religion. Our religion is being destroyed. Let this be a lesson to enemies of our religion." - The reported confession of one of the Muslims who tortured and murdered three Christians at a Protestant publishing house in eastern Turkey

Islam

"Regardless of what happened today, my responsibility was to glorify God." - Zach Johnson, winner of the Masters golf tournament

God’s Glory

"Now that reading has become more difficult, I probably read the Bible less but pray more. Of course, over the years I've memorized many passages from the Bible, and I'm especially thankful now that I did this. I wish we gave more attention to Bible memorization in our churches today." - Billy Graham

Bible

"The government may use its voice and its regulatory authority to show its profound respect for the life within the woman." - Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the Supreme Court which upheld the constitutionality of a ban on partial-birth abortion

Abortion

"Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow." - Swedish Proverb

Worry

"There's a lot of hypocrisy sometimes within certain religious groups. And I just wish people could maybe preach less and act more, you know. That would be nice." - Billy Bob Thornton, actor

Hypocrisy

"Wherever the heart is, the feet don't hesitate to go." - Togo Saying

Heart

"It's a value system, a belief system." - Whole Foods Markets Inc. co-founder John Mackey, telling The Wall Street Journal that the "organic-food lifestyle" is not a fad "any more than Christianity is a fad for Christians."

Values

"Almost all moral education is indoctrination. It's the reason we have public schools." - U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf on a lawsuit brought by Massachusetts parents who object to their 5-year-old son being taught in kindergarten to approve of homosexuality. The school district they are suing has asked Wolf to dismiss the lawsuit.

Education