A failure to understand something does not mean it is irrational. It may simply mean that it lies on the far side of our limited abilities to take things in and make complete sense of them.

Within each of us exists the image of God, however disfigured and corrupted by sin it may presently be. God is able to recover this image through grace as we are conformed to Christ.

The Christian faith allows us to see further and deeper, to appreciate that nature is studded with signs, radiant with reminders, and emblazoned with symbols of God, our creator and redeemer.

Christianity israrely understood by those outside its bounds. In fact, this is probably one of the greatest tasks confronting the apologist–to rescue Christianity from misunderstandings.

Suffering does not call into question the "big picture" of the Christian faith. It reminds us that we do not see the whole picture, and are thus unable to fit all of the pieces neatly into place.

Our present world contains clues...to another world-a world which we can begin to experience now, but will only know in all its fullness at the end of things.

Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

Our desires cannot be, and were never meant to be, satisfied by earthly pleasures alone.

The true believer is not someone who disengages from this world in order to focus on heaven, but rather the one who tries to make this world more like heaven.

We live on earth; our homeland is in heaven.

All the important things in life lie beyond reason... and that's just the way things are.

Anybody can make the simple complecated. Creativity is making the complecated simple.

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

If you believe in your heart that you are right, then you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.

I've banged my head quite a bit. I liked Iron Maiden, Ozzy, AC/DC. And of course, Ratt and Poison.

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.

In this world, where we find ourselves, we need compassion more than anything, I think, or we are all alone.

I must say, I hate money. But it's the lack of it I hate most.

There never were, since the creation of the world, two cases exactly parallel.

If you want to be a writer, then write. Write every day!

The arrival of Ade Akinbiyi gave everyone a lift. He's a natural born goalscorer.