Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.

We should not ask, ‘What is wrong with the world?’ for that diagnosis has already been given. Rather we should ask, “What has happened to salt and light?

A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on

We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.

The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.

We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.

We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.

The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.

Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony

Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature.

You may have numerous answers to your problems, but none can really solve them. Answers are not solutions.

I don't understand why God took him and didn't take me.

You can grow without destroying the things that you love.

The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.

All music is worship. It just depends on what you’re worshipping.

They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't very stable ourselves.

I sang and wrote songs when I was 12 years old.

As a point of fact, I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required.

And the simple people are trash. A herd of sheep that are good for shearing, but sometimes it's more profitable to slaughter them.

I know people can change-right down to my bones, through every cell, in every fiber of my body-I now that people can change. It is just a question of when and in what context.