Our deeds will not cause God to love us more; our sins will not cause God to love us less.

Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.

We may not have the ability to change all of the world's wrongs, but we can make a difference where we are.

The solution to our human frailty is not to try harder, but to turn Godward.

The emphasis in Scripture is not the amount we give, but the attitude with which we give.

When you rest, realize it is not simply ceasing from activity…it is a gift from God.

The problem with comparison is that you always feel either better than someone else or worthless compared to someone else.

Change the world today. Start with the next person you meet.

The church is not a campus but a community. Pastors are not CEOs; they are shepherds.

What if every church in America had a ministry to stand against modern slavery?

The actions you take today not only impact you; they influence generations. Every matter matters for eternity.

Borders are scratched across the hearts of men, by strangers with a calm, judicial pen, and when the borders bleed we watch with dread the lines of ink along the map turn red.

A playwright... is... the litmus paper of the arts. He's got to be, because if he isn't working on the same wave length as the audience, no one would know what in hell he was talking about.

Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren't controlled by our doubts.

So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us.

When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.

I have a notion that if you are going to be spiritually curious, you better not get cluttered up with too many material things.

All flights are fuelled with Leprechaun wee and my bullshit!

Falling in love is a completely transcendent experience. It's like eating pizza-flavored ice cream

Look at it this way: if winning wasn't so hard, it wouldn't feel so good.

Erdogan wants an old-fashioned Islam, if you will, for lack of a better term.