As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.

Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.

Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.

Three means by which God assures us that we do have eternal life: 1. The promises of His Word, 2. The witness of the Spirit in our hearts, 3. The transforming work of the Spirit in our lives.

The gospel is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history.

Gentleness is an active trait, describing the manner in which we should treat others. Meekness is a passive trait, describing the proper Christian response when others mistreat us.

Lord, I am willing To receive what You give. To lack what You withhold. To relinquish what You take, To suffer what You inflict, To be what you require.

God intends that everyone who has embraced the gospel become a part of the great enterprise of spreading the gospel.

Bitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives

... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Because God is sovereign, He is able to answer. Because He is faithful to His promises, He will answer.

People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly.

A fast tongue is a sign of a slow brain

The noonday quiet holds the hill.

Money for me has only one sound: liberty.

I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens.

Any nations right to a form of government and economic system of its own choosing is inalienable. Any nations attempt to dictate to other nations their form of government is indefensible.

How to be happy: Ignore people who think they know more about you than you do.

Josh [Gad] does such an amazing job playing a lovable idiot. Not many people can do that, as convincingly as he can.

I won't be having any more kids, though. Four is enough.

Novelists don't age as quickly as philosophers, who often face professional senility in their late twenties.