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.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

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.

Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair

I will not interfere with a male dragon while he is rutting.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

I learned how to be a woman and a good person just by watching and observing my mother.

The great teachers are always those who can live the tension. They are not criticizing everybody, they're not complaining. They give young people a vision.

Go spit in the face of our inevitable obsolescence and finish your @#$&ng novel.

The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.

Like all good ruins, I look better by moonlight.

Ridley Scott's company makes great work in whatever arena, whether it's movies or commercials or television. They just do really quality stuff, so you know it's going to be quality.

Sin in a wicked man is like poison in a serpent; it is in its natural place.

Between what a man calls me and what he simply calls mine the line is difficult to draw. We feel and act about certain things that are ours very much as we feel and act about ourselves.