Having children made me confront my true fears and trust in God many times over in a much more intensified manner.

Couples don't fall out of love so much as they fall out of repentance.

A good marriage isn't something you find; it's something you make.

We bring nothing to God, and He gives us everything.

Fear is intensified by passionate love. The more I care about someone, the more I'm concerned about their welfare. The less we have to lose, in one sense, the easier it is to be "brave."

A defeatist attitude kills almost as many marriages as do affairs.

Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us into a countercultural pursuit.

Christian love must be chased after, aspired to, and practiced.

A Christian is never dependent on the response of others to grow spiritually. It's our own heart's decisions that matter

Done well, marital sexuality can be a supremely healing experience.

The older I get the more I realize that a significant portion of a parent's happiness or sadness in middle-age will be directly impacted by how closely our children are walking with the Lord.

Yet feminism has never killed anyone. Machismo, it kills every day.

In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the future, where streams of revenue play in his imagination.

When we allow God to be exalted in our difficulties we are in the perfect place to smell the fragrance of His Presence.

I don't think Donald Trump is ideological.

Had we kept the oil, you wouldn't have ISIS, because they fuel their growth with the oil.

No dealer, curator, buyer or critic, or any existing combination of these, can be depended on to produce a reputation that is more than a momentary flurry.

Adversity is an opportunity for self-discovery.

It is different [to perform in Israel] because it arises from very deep wells of affiliation.

Such evil deeds could religion prompt.

Due to budget cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.