Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Kansas, in the Nation's heartland, for sharing his thoughts with us tonight. I am going to share my own story. When I was a freshman at the University of Kansas--also there in America's heartland--in the 1970s, someone approached me and asked me if I knew what the Bible was about. I said: Yeah, sure I know what is in it.'' But do you know what? I said that without ever having read any of it for myself. Kind of presumptuous on my part. Mr. Speaker, I wonder if there are any people listening in here to us today who are in the same position. Maybe they think they know what it is about, but they have never looked at it for themselves. The only honest thing I could do at that point was to read for myself. So I read the Gospel of John, and as I read it, I discovered that I didn't know what was in there at all. It was totally different than what I had expected. And I found a man in there who said: ``I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through me.'' So I ended up discovering for myself a relationship with Jesus Christ, who became my Lord and Savior. Mr. Speaker, that is what I know from personal experience. It is better to read the Bible for oneself and not just take someone else's word for it. For me, it made all the difference in the world. My life has been totally different as a result. As David said in Psalms: ``The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple''--Psalm 119:130.…”