Quote(s) of the Week (May 25, 1997)

On Words to Live By...

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."

--God, via Paul. I Corinthians 1:18 (NIV)

On Knowing the Master's Voice...

"I have a message for the born-agains. If they just take a little Lithium, they would be fine. The voices would disappear."

--Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, who says his own highly publicized conversion to Christianity in 1978 was the result of manic depression. CNN’s Larry King Live, Jan. 10, 1997. From Focus on the Family’s Citizen magazine for March 24, 1997. Page 8.

On Being Narrow...

"I don’t think it is fashionable to take an orthodox Christian position where I believe in absolute truth, but my truth contradicts yours. That is perceived to be narrow, but I think Jesus said something about the narrow way being the path to eternal life."

--Charlie Peacock, a producer of Christian records in Nashville. Washington Times for May 21, 1997. Page A2.