Clipped comments Volume 33, Number 4 Posted August 4, 2000 “Discipleship is the only alternative lifestyle in the world that has a future in the kingdom of God.” Bishop Emerito P. Nacpil of the Manila Area, speaking on behalf of the United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops Annual General Conference, May 2, 2000 “It probably was inevitable that partial-birth abortion would become, as it did some while ago, a sacrament in the Church of “Choice.” That sect’s theology cannot risk conceding that what is killed in an abortion ever possesses more moral significance than a tumor.” George Will in column published June 29 “O’Connor often reminded people that it was at the moment Jesus appeared powerless, on the cross, that he ‘unleashed the greatest power that the world has ever known.’” Charles Colson in column about the death of his friend, John Cardinal O’Connor, the Catholic archbishop of New York “If we choose to remove truly positive influences such as prayer from our schools, we must no longer be perplexed when appalling tragedies become increasingly and disturbingly common.” Dan Shealy, president of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, commenting on June 19 decision by Supreme Court to ban school-sponsored prayers before athletic events “Some Christians feel the Bible has to be defended … I want to suggest to you that the Bible doesn’t so much need to be defended, as it needs to be loosed.” B. Clayton Bell Sr. (1933-2000) in his contribution to a new book titled A Passion for the Gospel “When I worked at the National Council of Churches, most of my colleagues were gay. I should have been talking about sex on their behalf, but I didn’t know what to say except ‘judge not that you be not judged.’” Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, now president of the National Council of Churches, speaking June 26 to the General Assembly committee considering funding for the NCC and the World Council of Churches “At times there are things that I forget, but I can still quote most of the Scriptures. The future belongs to the Lord and I intend to keep on preaching until the end.” Billy Graham, 81 and suffering from Parkinson’s Disease, in response to questions about whether he will cease preaching at crusades “The rights upheld by the narrowest of margins in the justices’ decision that a New Jersey Scout troop could exclude an openly homosexual man from a position as an adult leader are freedom of speech and freedom of association. They are rights that should be viewed as precious to all freedom-loving Americans.” The Washington Post, July 3

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