Jesus wanted far more than to be accepted into one's life. He wanted to take over, and his essential call was to trust him enough to surrender one's entire being to him.

What the church most needs is not heroes of faith, but faithful followers of Jesus.

Prayer is the way to die to our own wishes and surrender everything to God.

The assumption that the gospel can be reduced to a note card is already off on the wrong track.

We don't ask what the Bible says, we ask what God says to us in that Bible. The difference is a difference between paper and person.

Love one another strenuously because it's hard.

God's idea of redemption is community-shaped.

God is love so all God does is loving.

One reason why so many Christians today don't know the Old Testament is because their 'gospel' doesn't even need it.

Our biggest problem is that we have an entire culture shaped by a misunderstanding of the gospel. That so-called gospel is deconstructing the church

... the Eucharist profoundly enables the grace of God to be received with all its glories and blessings.

We carry the dead with us only until we die too, and then it is we who are borne along for a little while, and then our bearers in their turn drop, and so on into the unimaginable generations.

Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin – there was a boy who lost his mother.

Everyone is dispensable but some are more dispensable than others.

Of course I love you. It is my fault that you have not known it all the while" (the flower to little prince)

I hope to see more programming, more shows, more actors of mixed ethnicity, more young kids of mixed ethnicity choosing to be in the entertainment industry.

The customer is always right! John Wanamaker must be turning in his grave. If you're a customer today, you're an intruder.

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.

A king is no king without his people, but a people without their king would be lost as well.

I want to go out as unprepared as possible so I can get filled up with what the world has to offer.

I'm a fan of Jay-Z, I'mma always be a fan of Jay-Z.