Nothing should be considered outside the scope of God's authority.

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.

The thoughtful believer recalls God's faithfulness in the past when confronted by any new threat. Part of spiritual maturity is strong sense of one's own history.

Believers have just as much to fear from legalism as from waywardness. The first detracts from the beauty of the message, while the second mars it content.

The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ.

God is enough like us to understand our problems and enough above us to be able to solve them.

Since the success of believers is tied to our knowledge of and obedience to God's Word, the memorizing of portions of the Bible is advisable.

Every demonstration of God's faithfulness to us is an opportunity for us to testify of Him to others.

Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.

Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands.

Poverty does not always prevent a rich person from dating someone who is poor, unless the man is the one who is poor.

You are not what you think, but you are the reflection of what you think.

The only things you can ever truly own cannot be bought with money.

Endless possibilities is hidden inside the fog of life.

There has been an earth for a little more than a billion years. As for the question of the end of it I advise: Wait and see!

How gentle and tender ought we to be with others who are foolish when we remember how foolish we are ourselves

The sinner's ego is crude that of the saint refined, distilled. Careful! It may be more poisonous!

My music - that's the one area I won't let myself be pushed around. But in other parts of my life, I'm a confused mess.

My peers at the time: you know, young black kids from off the streets of Harlem, having these conversations with me in my small, dirty little studio up in Harlem.

Cowards, I believe, are people who are afraid to embrace what they want or need in a natural, honest way.