If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.

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

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.

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.

Opportunity will only meet you in the domain of your chosen attitude.

Nothings Impossible, It Just means we Haven't Discovered it Yet!

The grace of God is infinite and beyond our ability to measure. His grace has no beginning and therefore no end.

We may not know who is craft beer but we sure as hell will know what is craft beer by who isn't.

I think of clothes a lot like costumes. I think of what I wear in real life as being my real life character's costume.

I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.

Women are my biggest defenders. It's that bad-boy syndrome. Now girls chase me.

I actually have more respect for people who are in the closet. You end up exposing so much of yourself because you have to talk about your sexual life. You shouldn't have to talk about it.

My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with what is to come or what has been. Of the present there is necessarily no image.

Humour is the making others act or talk absurdly and unconsciously; wit is the pointing out and ridiculing that absurdity consciously, and with more or less ill-nature.