Not only is holiness the goal of your redemption, it is necessary for your redemption

Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.

The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase and disciples multiply

Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God

We are not called to bring a broken planet back to its created glory. But we are to call broken people back to their creator.

The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God.

God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god.

The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.

To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own.

Courage comes from a surrendered heart, a prepared mind, and a good conscience.

Like freshly cut roses, I place life in a vase... of love.

Some revolutions resemble restorations, at least at first glance.

Am I shallow? she asks the mirror. Yes, I am shallow. The sun shines on the ripples where it's shallow. Deep is too dark.

You cannot lecture another people about what you think is right or wrong based on your value system unless you're willing to accept others imposing their value system on you.

Too often the revolutionary is the man who must create order in the chaos left by failed conservatives.

I think the Northern Ireland accent is one of the most beautiful in the world.

Poetry is fired by love.

I'm closer to Bob Newhart than Rodney Dangerfield.

He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.