Every other religion points to answers. Jesus, though, says 'I am the answer'.

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.

....They're called "better halves" for a reason, I guess. You can't have one half that's worse than you. It'd be a disaster.

There is a high price for cheap thrills.

Any writing teacher tells you to write what you know, and for better or for worse, Washington is a world I know well.

Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.

The fool is often oblivious of his own gaucherie.

The life of Liverpool is commerce; it is a city of warehouses and shops.

People no longer want to see themselves primarily as consumers, but as activists.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

For me, the melancholy of the late XXth Century is walking late at night by the Mont Blanc pen store and seeing these things always strike me as simulacra of luxury items. They seem like fakes.

One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.