So close was Christ's connection with God that he equated a man's attitude to himself with the man's attitude to God.

We should not ask, ‘What is wrong with the world?’ for that diagnosis has already been given. Rather we should ask, “What has happened to salt and light?

A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on

We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.

The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.

We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.

We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.

The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.

Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony

Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature.

Be as humble as you need to convince people that you are not Jesus.

How much does a beam of light weigh?

I'm not going to sit at home and eat popcorn.

Smile your best smile at everyone you see. Think about all the things you have to be thankful for... and smile. The world will smile with you.

It is not a sin to be seventy but it is also no joke.

Constantly to seek the purpose of life is one of the odd escapes of man. If he finds what he seeks it will not be worth that pebble on the path.

I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.

With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in your heart.

Guitar is just something I can do. So much of it now is muscle memory, just instinct.