Raw power without Godly obedience is a long walk off a short conscience.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

In a regular class I don't focus on the form, but I think that focus is helpful for brainstorming and coming up with ideas quickly, especially with autobiographical material.

Be joyful and experience pleasurable lives.

If we don't do anything, if we go along with the status quo, we are going to have a mass surveillance world.

I claim the right not to incriminate myself.

No one knows how to love anybody's trouble.

To be counted in the world's top 10 of anything I guess gets eyeballs.

I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'.

Since God is the one who calls people to their work, the worker becomes a steward who serves God.

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.

A family without prayer is like a house without a roof, open and exposed to all the storms of heaven.