Quotes in the News - Baptist Standard

"The church of Jesus Christ in the Western world is in terrible shape. Conservatives confuse certainty with faith. Liberals think knowledge alone is redemptive. We've got to come together."

Robin Meyers

Author of The Underground Church (The Birmingham News/RNS)

"Candidates do not have to check their religion at the door of the offices they seek. But they need to understand they serve people of other faiths and of no faith. Resorting to religious language that sets people of faith against each other harms political discourse and sows religious discord."

Brent Walker

Executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, affirming the "Interfaith Statement of Principles" that urges political candidates to avoid religious antagonism (Report from the Capital)

"What any civilization says about God tells us more about that civilization than it does about God. Nothing we say about the Creator can begin to be adequate. It is always small and fumbling and human and anthropomorphic—no matter how mighty our monuments."

Madeleine L'Engle

Late author of more than 40 books, including the Newberry Award-winning children's classic, A Wrinkle in Time (Glimpses of Grace)