Conviction of sin draws me away from myself and toward GodSelf-condemnation, on the other hand, draws me down into myself and away from God.

Maturity in the Christian life is measured by only one test: how much closer to his character have we become?

I wish I hated my own sin as much as I hate everyone else's.

Idols aren't stone statues. They are thoughts, desires, and longings that we worship in the place of the true God

In your pursuit of godliness, have you left Jesus behind?

The gospel frees us from demanding our own way, because nothing we desire to obtain is worth sinning against such love and kindness.

The law was given to crush our self-confidence and drive us to Jesus.

Our obedience has its origin in God's prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair.

What's cool is when you're able to give your audience imagination and you don't have to cage them in like animals.

Militarism. . . is the chief bulwark of capitalism. When it is that militarism is undermined, capitalism will fail.

It is sometimes as dangerous to be run into by a microbe as by a trolley car.

The foolish idea that my music can actually make a difference in someone's life - that right there is proof that it's working. It makes me feel great, it really does.

You cannot mock God because whatever good thing you do, you're gonna reap for it.

Noise is a buffer, more effective than cubicles or booth walls.

We are all more similar than we usually realize. So much of the suffering we do in our life is because of obsession with self.

No one has the answers, but one thing is true. You got to turn on evil, when its coming after you.

Start and finish your day with laughter, and you will see, by and by, in between these two more and more laughter starts happening. And the more laughing you become, the more religious.

The only person I can count on is myself. It's up to me to create the life I want. I can't blame my parents or Scott or anyone else for the way things are.