Getting into heaven has nothing to do with what we do for Christ, but rather what He has already done for us.

You're never so bad you can't have a Savior, no matter how much you've sinned.

Children who know they are loved, know they have a purpose, and know they have a hope are prepared for anything this world wants to dish up.

Every day life must always be lived against the backdrop of eternity.

The issue isn't-nor should it ever be-how weak our child is, but rather how strong our God is.

Living a good life may keep you out of jail, but it cannot keep you out of hell.

Fear based parenting is the surest way to create intimidated children.

My job as a parent is a temporary responsibility with eternal consequences.

Our sins are never too great for God to forgive.

Until kids find something worth dying for, they don't have anything worth living for.

The rhythm of a New York summer is passionate and powerful, evoking a rapid calypso, with July being the musical climax.

When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.

That good gardener, who wept thorns plowing his fields - harvests grace with joy.

No country is so peaceful as the one that leads into death. Life arches above one's head like a bridgespan, and below it flows the water, carries the boat, takes it further.

It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size.

I think for [Albert] Camus his mother was more than just that. She's love, absolute love. That's why it's written for her, dedicated to 'you who will never be able to read this book'.

A place like Sound City, which was just a big, beautiful room where you would hit record and capture the sound of the performer - a place like that isn't necessarily in demand anymore.

Friends are a recompense for all the woes of the darkest pages of life.

Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact.

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.