I am what no one else is, and in the hands of God I can do what no one else does. And if I dare set such a truth in motion I will change my world.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

With God, being lost is nothing more than an idea that never has and never will be anything more than an idea.

The people of Israel will have to be convinced that the Palestinians are ready for peace.

Fairy tales only happen in movies." -George Melies from The Invention of Hugo Cabret

I feel like you're not a real musician or entertainer if you can't go into a room, pick up an instrument and entertain people.

Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ.

Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about.

Spend and be free, but make no waste.

Every word, every character in a picture book must count.

The difference between people and ideas is... only superficial.

Force cannot give right.