No circumstance is so big that He cannot control it.

Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.

Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.

Three means by which God assures us that we do have eternal life: 1. The promises of His Word, 2. The witness of the Spirit in our hearts, 3. The transforming work of the Spirit in our lives.

The gospel is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history.

Gentleness is an active trait, describing the manner in which we should treat others. Meekness is a passive trait, describing the proper Christian response when others mistreat us.

Lord, I am willing To receive what You give. To lack what You withhold. To relinquish what You take, To suffer what You inflict, To be what you require.

God intends that everyone who has embraced the gospel become a part of the great enterprise of spreading the gospel.

Bitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives

... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Because God is sovereign, He is able to answer. Because He is faithful to His promises, He will answer.

Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.

I used to trust people easily, but now I'm a little careful because some experiences have taught me to not trust anyone blindly.

Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.

In college, I was an editor on the student daily... To the extent that I noticed the existence of crew at all, I saw only what appeared to be big-boned acolytes who rose at dawn.

I like it to stay very organic, and to remember a personal story behind all my subjects.

Machines certainly can solve problems, store information, correlate, and play games - but not with pleasure.

I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.

The pilot cannot mitigate the billows or calm the winds.

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.