I know a lot less about God, but the things I know about God, I know a whole lot more, for sure.

God is telling an amazing, glorious, epic story. We have to decide if we will trust Him with it.

Do everything you do to the glory of the One who made you

In the gospel, we discover we are far worse off than we thought, and far more loved than we ever dreamed.

God is God and I am not. I can only see a part of the picture He's painting.

I don't see the big picture. I don't have a clue. But I know God does. I'm going to declare that, even if I don't feel it right now.

Wherever we are, God's in that moment, God's speaking to us, and if we've just got our ears open and our antennas up, there's no lack of inspiration. He's not silent. We just have to be listening.

I think we all want to know that if our lives don't turn out the way we imagine, there's still a purpose.

Success breeds volume, and it's just amazing how many young writers, artists, and musicians there are in town.

As Christians, our compassion is simply a response to the love that God has already shown us.

Out of these ashes beauty will rise.

You will trip up and fall sometimes. It doesn't take away from how great you are. You will not always say the right thing. It doesn't revoke the light within you.

What exactly does a friend do?

It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.

Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.

Three blokes go into a pub. One of them is a little bit stupid, and the whole scene unfolds with a tedious inevitability.

I guess it's hard for people who are so used to things the way they are - even if they're bad - to change. 'Cause they kind of give up. And when they do, everybody kind of loses.

When you're older, you'll appreciate the advantages of sleeping alone.

I don't like to generate too many expectations.

It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into what is before him.