Individual believers are not to usurp the role of civil government and judge people who are offensive.

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.

The thoughtful believer recalls God's faithfulness in the past when confronted by any new threat. Part of spiritual maturity is strong sense of one's own history.

Believers have just as much to fear from legalism as from waywardness. The first detracts from the beauty of the message, while the second mars it content.

The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ.

God is enough like us to understand our problems and enough above us to be able to solve them.

Since the success of believers is tied to our knowledge of and obedience to God's Word, the memorizing of portions of the Bible is advisable.

Every demonstration of God's faithfulness to us is an opportunity for us to testify of Him to others.

Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.

Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

Never give up! And write for yourself first and foremost.

Maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people, " I say. "Maybe we're accumulating these new selves all the time.

In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.

Who would drink from a cup when they can drink from the source?

I ignored the flashes of lightning all around me. They either had your number on them or they didn't.

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Chinese throwing stars get you a dozen stitches.

Hit it hard. It will land somewhere.

I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.

The rest of the world lives to eat, while I eat to live.