An instrument s a tool that is actively used to change something, and God has called all of his people to be instruments of change in his redemptive hands

Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others.

We must not offer people a system of redemption, a set of insights and principles. We offer people a Redeemer.

People struggling with life in a fallen world often want explanations when what they really need is imagination.

Foolishness is more than being stupid, that deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance.

The Bible says that our core problem, the fundamental reason we do what we do, is sin.

We forget that God's primary goal ia not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations and relationships so that we will be holy.

The good news of the kingdom is not freedom from hardship, suffering, and loss. It is the news of a Redeemer who has come to scue me from myself.

The irony is that while our world might plead for change, it does its best to suppress it.

Make a time to enjoy, to celebrate the life that's given to you by God.

If I worship the fact that I don’t worship anything, amongst other things what I’m worshipping is denial.

It'd hardly be worth having a brother at all, if you couldn't smack him in the head every once in a while.

Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and accountability their direction.

We all salute, with pride, the same American Flag. And we are equal - totally equal - in the eyes of Almighty God.

In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.

Every goal is hard work, especially in such an excellent league as the Bundesliga; or even take the Champions League.

Be of good cheer, my son. Your sins are forgiven.

I've been making Bass Communion music longer than any kind of other music. I don't know if you picked up a copy of a vinyl release I put out a couple of years ago of something called Altamont.