Genesis 2:15, … The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

I don’t think there is less enthusiasm in the evangelical community [after Iraq] for transforming the world. Our focus groups show evangelical leaders have a big picture.

I certainly don’t believe for an instant the guy is just a huckster.

Environmentalism the term itself has a certain liability in our movement,

We don’t think it’s a liberal cause.

I think Pat is basically driven to share God’s love with people here and around the world. His whole career has been devoted to sharing the gospel and to helping needy people.

The United States government has to do more.

We believe that we have a rightful responsibility for what the Bible itself challenges, … Working the land and caring for it go hand in hand. That’s why I think, and say unapologetically, that we...

He’s not oblivious to the fact that people in Washington will take note when he says something, especially something outlandish, but his primary audience is his listeners.

Our movement is trying to talk about (environmental issues) in real ways and not in negative terms. Disengagement is not an option.

It complicates circumstances for foreign missionaries and Christian aid workers overseas who are already perceived, wrongly, especially by leftists and other leaders, as collaborators with U.S. intelligence agencies,

What do evangelicals excel at most these days? We have mastered the art of public communication.

an evangelical statement on climate change.

It has to be understood that the State Department, our government, needs to do a lot more to begin to seriously address what we think is the foremost human rights issue in the world today,...