A family that never embraces life's risks never really lives.

The integrity of our relationships matters more than the boldness of our words.

Mercy ministry always comes down to this: you can help, but only Jesus can heal.

Living according to God's standards is an acquired taste.

Before we come to Christ, we must come to ourselves.

Her heart was revealed in a slip, as our hearts always are.

There is no such thing as an independent Christian.

Worship is the launching pad for life.

Is God giving you victory this day, if not this whole day, how about this very minute?

The more God-centered our worship practices, the more mercy-centered our life.

There is a core difference between sharing the gospel with the lost and imposing a specific moral standard on the unconverted.

Nowadays people talk about the things he did as though they made sense. As though even his most disastrous mistakes were only the result of bad luck or hubris.

I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I'm glad it exists; I just don't ever want to get stuck in it.

Never make bad predictions, especially about the futture.

It is not solid wood that can become a flute, but the empty reed.

I like the idea that my work isn't intended only for the Earth, but for the entire Universe.

Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond, and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.

Fish is meant to tempt as well as nourish, and everything that lives in water is seductive.

the Lord does not so much look at the work that is done, as at the faithfulness of our hearts in doing it.

Darkness got you like Shelob gor Frodo, only worse.

Marketing takes a day to learn. Unfortunately, it takes a lifetime to master.