Much of spirituality today is an effort to change God to suit us. But he's not going to become more like us, we need to become more like him.

Stop looking for the path of least resistance and start running down the path of greatest glory to God and good to others, because that's what Jesus, the Real Man, did.

You don't need to beat yourself up in order to make God love you. Jesus already took your beating.

Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering.

Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn.

Tragically, we live in a day when offense to God doesn't matter nearly as much as offense to others.

Study the Bible like a soldier on a mission, not a scholar on a sabbatical.

God loves you enough to receive you as you are. He loves you too much to keep you as you are.

Looking for a word from the Lord? Believe that he has already spoken, and read what he's already written.

Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things

Faith is not just what we believe internally. It's how we behave externally.

Only a very foolish person would think that specialized knowledge is important in everything apart from agriculture and farming

The fans and supporters are also part of the Olympic family.

As the years pass, the number of those we can communicate with diminishes. When there is no longer anyone to talk to, at last we will be as we were before stooping to a name.

Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?

Praise God we don't have to hide scars

The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India's villages know British rule.

Remember to write for yourself, not for a market and give yourself time to develop your own style, your own voice. It takes a lifetime. Enjoy it!

I always have a lot of personal goals, but primarily my main goal each year is to obviously win a Super Bowl.

We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.

When you touch the pain of the world as real, there is a solidarity, an engagement with the Gospel, a living faith that blossoms forth.