Because of the Cross, God can be both just towards sin and yet mercifully justifying to sinners.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Every man, through fear, mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.

'Stay with it' was our coach's motto. That's what we did. This is unreal!

Being kissed on the back of the knee is a moth at the windowscreen.

If Christ cannot supersede the Law, then I am lost, and lost forever.

Sometimes I pick up a book and I say: Well, so you've written it first, have you? Good for you. O.K., then I won't have to write it.

That which we manifest is before us.

I want people who will stand up to me. People who are not afraid to say exactly what's on their minds, even though that's probably not what I want to hear. That's what I want.

I don't think anything needs to happen in a book.

I must keep on rowing, not until I reach port but until I reach my grave.

A man or woman is seldom happy unless he or she is sustaining him or herself and making a contribution to others.