If we aren’t prepared to be counter-cultural we aren’t ready to be Christians.

Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.

The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase and disciples multiply

Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God

We are not called to bring a broken planet back to its created glory. But we are to call broken people back to their creator.

The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God.

God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god.

The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.

To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own.

How could we love books more than money? This is the state of book lovers.

She reminded me that I could write stories, /could be struck by lightning & live.

Make TODAY so beautiful that your YESTERDAY is something you will smile about TOMORROW.-RVM

Happiness is not a matter of events it depends upon the tides of the mind.

My political life has been informed by the view that if there was any truth to religion there wouldn't really be any need for politics.

Love is just a shout in the void.

Don't ever deny yourself a chance at your dreams. We're all meant for great things, but not everyone believes that can happen.

I love this quote uttered by the character Widget in The Night Circus. He credits it to Herr Thiessen but knows it is a literary quote by the another author. "Wine is bottled poetry

I mean I know it's cold out here and not everybody has a sleeping bag. But when you grit your teeth and stick it out until dawn!

You know, being confident isn't the same as being right.