Be a good witness by the way you live. The way we live is often more convincing than the words we say.

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.

You can't fight the whole world, and you can't keep fighting everyone in your own world. It's not about giving up, it's about letting go.

When faith is supported by facts or by logic it ceases to be faith.

You know, 97 percent of the time, if you come into a hospital, everything goes well. But three percent of the time, we have major complications.

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.

The child takes most of his nature of the mother, besides speech, manners, and inclination.

A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.

On one occasion I went to Afghanistan to look at the borders and learn something about the situation there to see if my book was there?and it wasnt.

The things you're crying about today, you might be laughing about in ten years ... and then again ... maybe not.

I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way.

Happiness is a choice. Choose to be happy.