If our counseling is truly Christ-centered, then the topic of forgiveness will inevitably come up in the journey toward growth and change.

A rebellion against God, even as believers, is fueled by the toxic fumes of unbelief.

You can't teach a person to love something. But you can get him to feel the heat of your love for something.

The counselee should be aware that you are not God. Better yet, she should be aware that you are aware that you are not God.

While the United States is becoming the most culturally diverse nation in the world, less than 5.5% of Christian congregations are multiethnic.

Who we are is not a question we can ask without seeking to understand the context in which we live. Biblical counselors seek to understand the influences that shape the responses of the human heart.

A continual diet of the Word satisfies, and it builds an appetite for more.

God's Word is especially suited to directing those who want to focus primarily on the nature and direction of their own hearts.

Our hearts are wired for worship, and our worship is directly tied to our sense of hope.

This is God's world, so everything, even if it intends to efface God, bears witness to God – understood and interpreted through biblical eyeglasses.

The role of biblical counselors is facilitate the discovery of a greater God awareness through spiritual eyes that look at life through scriptural lenses.

Don't waste your breath/trying to escape/if a pure love you don't have/no one will be saved.

It is hard to hear the truth from people who get paid to distort it.

Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand. Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!

The point of the journey is not just healing. It's also recovering the truest, most spontaneous, joyful, and creative core of ourselves.

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.

My dream evening is wearing my sweatpants, eating something delicious and watching TV with my boyfriend.

Strengthen your strengths and hire your weaknesses.

Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self.

All the effects of Nature are only the mathematical consequences of a small number of immutable laws.

When an angel comes down and takes me away, memories of me and my songs will always stay until the end of time