Give. Giving affirms Christ's lordship. It dethrones me and exalts Him. It breaks the chains of mammon that would enslave me and transfers my center of gravity to Heaven.

Compassion for the mother is extremely important, but is never served through destroying the innocent.

For Christians this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven.

God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.

Grace never ignores the awful truth of our depravity; in fact it emphasizes it. The worse we realize we are the greater we realize God's grace.

To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God.

The cost of redemption cannot be overstated. The wonders of grace cannot be overemphasized. Christ took the hell He didn't deserve so we could have the heaven we don't deserve.

For the Christian, death is not the end of adventure but a doorway from a wold where dreams and adventures shrink, to a world where dreams and adventures forever expand.

Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about ourselves.

How we spend our time verifies what we value most: TV, the Internet, or God's Word?

Not only will we see His face and live, but we will likely wonder if we ever lived before we saw His face!

If Strength comes through Suffering, why then I should be the strongest of all women, yet I am the weakest. God help me. Help me.

I always separated sports and my personal life.

The fragile art of existenceIs kept alive by sheer persistenceThe fragile art of existence.No time for self-pityNo time for dwelling on what should have beenBut is yet to be.

You clap. The Censor wakes up. We all get into trouble.

The trouble is, walking in Venice becomes compulsive once you start. Just over the next bridge, you say, and then the next one beckons.

Gray day. Everything is gray. I watch. But nothing moves today.

In some organizations, it is easy to say mistakes are okay when in truth it is a zero-defect organization. You will be remembered more for your mistakes than your successes in those organizations.

This vacation tip: If you see a gas station with a sign that says Clean Rest Rooms, it means one thing--the door is locked and no one can find the key.

The American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of expression while English seeks its lowly valleys.