Jesus's teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing , religious people of his day.

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.

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

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

Believe is an open door to the heavenly possibilities.

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different.

Shall we dance,friend of my heart?" We shall, little one.

I'm not so sure it's so civilized to be civilized all the time.

My favorite scene on the show [The Office] is on the booze cruise when I finally get to talk to her and tell her, and I react exactly how I would react by saying nothing.

Go out more, keep cheerful as well as busy, for you are the sunshine-maker of the family, and if you get dismal there is no fair weather.

You have an electorate [in America] that wants to see people who are not tough on crime.

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

Unless you treat failure as part of the journey, you're never going to get anywhere.