Marriage is so much like salvation and our relationship with Christ that you can’t understand marriage w/o looking at the gospel.

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.

I guess for me Hemingway is a lot like it is for others: he goes down well when we are young.

You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in you.

A firm hand is one which holds the horse in full contact.

Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.

I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool, to weep is to risk appearing too sentimental, to reach out for another is to risk involvement, and to expose feelings is to risk exposing one's true self.

Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp. Existing before time began, He began to exist at a moment in time.

If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I'm trying to do that.

NOT I - NOT ANYONE else, can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.