26Oct/050
Jaw Hits Floor
As far as the relationship of the church to the world, it can be expressed as simply as the three words which Paul gave to Timothy: preach the Word. Nowhere are we commissioned to reform the externals. We are not told to wage wars against bootleggers, liquor stores, gamblers, murderers, prostitutes, racketeers, prejudiced persons or institutions, or any other existing evil as such.
The Reverend Jerry Fallwell, from a sermon called "Ministers and Marches," given on March 21, 1965. Quoted in The Book of Jerry Falwell by Susan Harding.
Hat Tip: The Conjecturer