"Sometimes I think the church doesn’t know anything about true success. It’s all tied up to how many stations we have on our network or how big our building is. It’s so easy to lose control– to compromise without recognizing it. At PTL there was no time taken for prayer or for family because the show had to go on. We were so caught up in God’s work that we forgot about God. It took the tragedy, the kick in the teeth, to bring us back to our senses. A television camera can change a preacher quicker than anything else I know. Those who sit on the sidelines can notice the changes in people once they get in front of that camera. It has turned good men into potentates. Television must only be used as a tool for evangelism. It’s so easy to get sucked away by popularity– everybody loves you, cars are waiting for you, and you go to the head of the line. That’s the devastation of the camera; it has made us less than what God has wanted us to become."