If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out of the heart that seeks control so I can get what I want.

Stop looking for the path of least resistance and start running down the path of greatest glory to God and good to others, because that's what Jesus, the Real Man, did.

You don't need to beat yourself up in order to make God love you. Jesus already took your beating.

Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering.

Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn.

Tragically, we live in a day when offense to God doesn't matter nearly as much as offense to others.

Study the Bible like a soldier on a mission, not a scholar on a sabbatical.

God loves you enough to receive you as you are. He loves you too much to keep you as you are.

Looking for a word from the Lord? Believe that he has already spoken, and read what he's already written.

Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things

Faith is not just what we believe internally. It's how we behave externally.

Reality doesn't care about convenience or dramatic story progression.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

This wasn't any mere song and dance; here was a bold, blaring declaration howling itself into the empty face of death.

I'm teaching myself to believe in things I don't understand, I don't even know if they're true, but that's what dreamers do.

I think Marco Rubio could never have recovered from revealing himself to be pathetic.

The sweet accident of coincidence is the best foundation on which to build.

As white authors, bloggers, and readers, we must stop promoting diversity as a business opportunity or a chance to buy ally points with our disposable income.

Have I ever been the shy retiring type? Never. Not since the day I was born.

We project our ideas about ourselves into the heavens and call them ideas about God.

We are looking at these rock 'n' roll campers, and we know what is going on in their minds because we've been there.