I believe you have to keep the theological standard high; the Lord said, 'Be perfect,' and the leaders have to be striving for that standard with all there is in them.

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

You are free to choose. You are not free not to choose. No choice is a choice. You are free to choose but you are not free to choose the consequences of that choice.

Men throw broken things away, but God never uses anything until he first breaks it.

Anything you love more, fear more, serve more, or value more than God is your idol.

It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills.

I may be a nut, but I'm fastened to a good bolt, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'

The prayer offered to God in the morning during your quiet time is the key that unlocks the door of the day. Any athlete knows that it is the start that ensures a good finish.

A scar is a wound that has healed. We need to bring our wounds to Jesus, let Him heal them, and use our scars for Jesus. Our scars may be our greatest ministry.

If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away.

They both fell silent. For a while the only sound they could hear was the noise of books resting on shelves, which wasn’t really enough of a sound to distract them from the awkwardness of the moment.

Oh No! My wings are effed up!

Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind.

Bebop was like humming along to Mitch Miller to me.

Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.

Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.

It is remarkable how many creatures live wild and free though secret in the woods.

It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later.

The playful kitten, with its pretty little tigerish gambols, is infinitely more amusing than half the people one is obliged to live with in the world.

It is so human a book that I don't see how belief in its divine authority can survive the reading of it.