If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

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.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair

Sometimes, an apology sets free a part of you that you didn't even realize was caged...and forgiveness destroys the cage.

Hate looks just like everybody else until it smiles. Until it spins around and lies with lips and teeth carved into the semblance of something too passive to punch.

Death's just something that inspires me, not something that pulls me down. I used to get called morbid at school. I have always loved horror films; I like being frightened.

I don't want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message.

I hear that whenever someone in the White House tells a lie, Nixon gets a royalty.

I love Thandie Newton. I love her fashion sense as she is just really classic.

I'm like a lion - I roar. If someone betrays me, I won't be a victim. I don't sulk, I get angry. I go immediately into retaliation. But it always comes from insecurity or pain.

A convert's enthusiasm for his new religion is greater than that of a person who is born in it.

A tiger does not ignore or slight any small animal. The way he catches a mouse and catches and devours a cow are the same.

Sometimes you have to say goodbye to the things you know and hello to the things you dont.