Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped

The God you worship will shape the values you hold, and the values you hold will shape the lifestyle that you choose.

Human life is created in God's image, and that makes it sacred.

The heart of the gospel is that Christ has come to save us from the judgment of God.

He is the Creator and the sustainer of all things. He is the unchanging, self-existent God, and that means that He depends on nobody. He is neither helped by our faith nor hindered by our unbelief.

If you can grasp those two truths—you are made in His image and dependent on Him—you will discover a great dignity and at the same time a profound humility.

Has what you do for God become more important to you than the Lord Himself?

Idolatry involves putting the things we love in the place of God or seeing God as a means of getting the things that we want, and that's the second great struggle of our lives.

I'll never get to hear her say, 'I love you, Mommy, ' like other parents take for granted.

I'd like to think that in a generation or two we'll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.

When they are among us cats are angels

I don't want to be predictable at all.

I've always understood money; it's not a big mystical thing to me.

Tomorrow really will take care of itself if I do the right thing today.

I was so very interested in literature and so relatively uninterested in the movies when I was a teenager.

I find that the dead-end route is to try to describe what's going on in your mouth.