And the Bible is not primarily a book of history. It is "His story," the story of God.

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

You are free to choose. You are not free not to choose. No choice is a choice. You are free to choose but you are not free to choose the consequences of that choice.

Men throw broken things away, but God never uses anything until he first breaks it.

Anything you love more, fear more, serve more, or value more than God is your idol.

It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills.

I may be a nut, but I'm fastened to a good bolt, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'

The prayer offered to God in the morning during your quiet time is the key that unlocks the door of the day. Any athlete knows that it is the start that ensures a good finish.

A scar is a wound that has healed. We need to bring our wounds to Jesus, let Him heal them, and use our scars for Jesus. Our scars may be our greatest ministry.

If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away.

Love is whole. Love cannot be divided from itself. Love knows all paths, where even gods and cats are blind.

...our free will could convert a curse into a blessing or a blessing into a curse...To transform a crisis into an opportunity was true wisdom

Why not believe in miracles, create them, invite them for dinner, and offer them a place to stay every single day? Just because we have not doesn’t mean we cannot.

Can there be any question that the human is the least harmonious beast in the forest and the creature most toxic to the nest?

I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.

Well, I'll say I have an incredible ability to fantasize - I really do. I don't have to have things tangible to be able to see them, and therefore I enjoy so many things, because they're in my mind.

I still believe in the Holy Trinity, except now it's Target, Trader Joe's, and IKEA.

You're not able to do a lot of projects because you don't have a name. I wanted to get my movies to come over that hedge, so that I could do the movies that I wanted to do.

Humility is practical application of knowledge.

My younger brother and I have been writing together, mainly for fun, for years, but we've been improvising together since we were kids. Literally.