Conversation with God leads to an encounter with God. Prayer turns theology into experience.

The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.

It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.

Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints.

...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.

Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.

[Spiritual friendship] is eagerly helping one another know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways.

Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you.

Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.

All change comes from deepening your understanding of the salvation of Christ and living out the changes that understanding creates in your heart.

While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.

I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.

Opinions are many, but there is only one truth. Don’t get lost in opinions.

The maxim, "Nothing prevails but perfection, " may be spelled PARALYSIS.

What usually has the strongest psychic effect on the child is the life which the parents have not lived

You know what 'FEAR' stands for? It stands for 'False Evidence Appearing Real.' It's the darkroom where Satan develops his negatives.

Both the dream state and Soul Travel are doors to the same spiritual worlds.

You can't top that remark for hypocrisy or the setting for irony. It isn't the middle class who write $32,500 checks. Those who do expect something in return. They've been getting it.

If you want to live your life through to the end, you have to live dangerously.

Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitudes.

The solitary knows the essence of the thought, the scholar in society only its fair face.