Repentance isn't only sorrow for past sins, it's also a determination to now do the will of God as He reveals it to us

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nonetheless, He is the one who loves you the most.

The only Christian you want to listen to is the one who gives you more of a hunger for God.

God's Word is true whether we believe it or not. Human unbelief cannot alter the character of God.

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.

What's closest to your heart is what you talk about, and if God is close to your heart, you'll talk about Him.

When I understand that everything happening to me is to make me more Christlike, it resolves a great deal of anxiety.

If your life does not worship God, your lips do not worship God either.

Prettiness fades after a few years, but elegance only increases with age.

It's quite enough to show a well-beaten dog the whip.

Take risks and you'll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed.

You can be a victim, or you can lock and load.

What's working for me is like when I go into the studio, I'm trying to get goosebumps.

If what was supposed to have been destroyed in Paradise was destructible, then it was not decisive; but if it was indestructible, then we are living in a false belief.

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you completely in anything.

My niece was a sexual-assault victim. My sister is a survivor of domestic violence. We have more shelters for animals than for battered women. That's not the message we should be sending.

Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio.

If you want it, measure it. If you can't measure it, forget it.