After you're dead [...] it's not gonna matter if you have a few scars. It will matter if you didn't live.

Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours.

I am a Christian, not because someone explained the nuts and bolts of Christianity, but because there were people willing to be nuts and bolts.

We never understand what we're praying, and God, in His mercy, does not answer our prayers according to our understanding, but according to His wisdom.

Save me from trendy religion that makes cheap clichés out of timeless truths.

When you stop being so afraid of failing you become much more free to succeed

We were given the Scriptures to humble us into realizing that God is right, and the rest of us are just guessing.

It always cracks me up when people try to impress God, because people don't have to impress God. He's already knocked out by you.

Love is found in the things we've given up, more than in the things that we have kept.

Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken.

My salvation has very little to do with anything that I have done... Jesus will go to any lengths to draw us to himself.

How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.

The closest thing I have to a spiritual experience anymore is a Mocha Frappe from McDonald's.

I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.

Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters.

Las Vegas is the most honest fake city in the world.

I think it's important for Americans to try to understand each other a little better.

Oscar nominations came out today. Up for best actor, Sean Penn for 'Mystic River,' Jude Law for 'Cold Mountain,' and of course, George W. Bush for 'Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction.'

The thing about sports movies is, they can't help but feel epic - putting music to images, etc.

I have body hang-ups - but I work the best of what I've got.

Start today by practicing constant conversation with God and continual mediation on his Word. Prayer lets you speak to God; mediation lets God speak to you.