It's a pretty crazy task to try to describe God "quickly." Everything starts with a healthy fear of Him.

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.

But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.

God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.

God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.

We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.

Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.

Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

When you believe it, you've created it, whatever it is

Patience has never been my strong suit.

Those...who insist that there are some moral limits that they will not violate, are forever surprising themselves.

The best way to preserve a child’s vision is to let them see things their way rather than yours.

Because it's magic, this place . . . beautiful. And you're beautiful . . . beautifully separate. It all fits.

I used to be someone.

Writing is not just the technical act of your fingers on the keyboard. Writing is living.

Life is not a journey, it is a destination

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.