All change comes from deepening your understanding of the salvation of Christ and living out the changes that understanding creates in your heart.

The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.

It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.

Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints.

...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.

Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.

[Spiritual friendship] is eagerly helping one another know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways.

Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you.

Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.

While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.

A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments.

It was always the most striking scene, the best work, the most disturbing emotion and unsettling idea that attracts criticism.

The pursuit of excellence is the proper vocation of man.

All my vocals were recorded at home, which was great for me. You can actually have a studio in a computer program called ProTools. I did half the record with ProTools.

The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore.

Wind is part of the British Open. It is an examination and it took me a long time to pass the examination. Eighty per cent of the fellows out there have not passed the test.

Everyone has choice when to and not to raise their voices: It's you who decides.

Now the Bible tells us that we are all by nature, sinners, that we are slaves to sin and Satan, and that unless we are converted, or born again, we must be miserable forever.

I suppose that we are only young, Chris, so long as we can forget. After that we merely remember!

Now when you have administrators deciding what sexuality is, and whats a taboo and whats not in terms of content, you got guys, like, Trent Lott who equates homosexuality with a disease.

When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much.