Instead of attacking people, we need to love people. It lights a fire under me because it's a reminder of why we need the Gospel. Our hearts are so corrupt.

Who are we? We're not perfect but we're not worthless. Scripture tells us that we're beautifully made, but broken.

The question is not whether or not you will face trials. The question is, how will you respond when you do?

Here's the grey rule: embrace things that lead you closer to Jesus, and reject things that lead you away from Jesus.

Training in God's gym may hurt sometimes, but He will make us stronger.

Faith that doesn't affect your life isn't really faith.

Folks need the Gospel. We need to have our hearts changed. We see people from a skewed point of view. We need to see people the way God sees them.

That's the new picture of the good life that I want to paint - living the way that God created us to live. That's what the good life is.

There is no halfway or lackadaisical way to fight lust. If you're not fighting your sin, you're befriending your sin.

Denying self isn't a one-time thing, but a daily task.

I might not win a Grammy or get another Stellar Award but I'll get my rewards from the Lord. There's nothing better than that.

To shift your life in a desired direction, you must powerfully shift your subconscious.

On occasion I omit commas. On occasion, I use them. (The more you know about English, the less you're likely to think there are unbreakable "rules" for a lot of these things.)

The mystique of the femme fatale cannot be perfectly translated into male terms.

Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much soda as milk.

The Almighty gave us our lives, and I suppose He meant us to defend them, at least I have always acted on that, and I hope it will not be brought up against me when my clock strikes.

We need foreign skills to stay competitive.

Just for fun I flew in huge banking arcs, taking deep breaths, enjoying the feel of my newly weightless hair. The stylist had called it “wind tossed.” If only she knew.

[I like to] engage with funny people, or weird people, or, you know, kind of off people. [Whereas when I meet] anybody who's ... normal ... I'm not curious, I'm not interested.

I like college football, but I'm a huge college basketball fan. I could sit and watch every game of March Madness and be happy. That could be a vacation.