So often, it's others around us who can see where God wants to grow us even before we see it ourselves.

A rebellion against God, even as believers, is fueled by the toxic fumes of unbelief.

You can't teach a person to love something. But you can get him to feel the heat of your love for something.

The counselee should be aware that you are not God. Better yet, she should be aware that you are aware that you are not God.

While the United States is becoming the most culturally diverse nation in the world, less than 5.5% of Christian congregations are multiethnic.

Who we are is not a question we can ask without seeking to understand the context in which we live. Biblical counselors seek to understand the influences that shape the responses of the human heart.

A continual diet of the Word satisfies, and it builds an appetite for more.

God's Word is especially suited to directing those who want to focus primarily on the nature and direction of their own hearts.

Our hearts are wired for worship, and our worship is directly tied to our sense of hope.

This is God's world, so everything, even if it intends to efface God, bears witness to God – understood and interpreted through biblical eyeglasses.

The role of biblical counselors is facilitate the discovery of a greater God awareness through spiritual eyes that look at life through scriptural lenses.

To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

Patience requires a slowing down, a spaciousness, a sense of ease.

Denis's love for Mattia had burned itself out, like a forgotten candle in an empty room, leaving behind a ravenous discontent.

Let nothing disturb you nothing frighten you all things are passing God never changes.

You can be a good neighbor only if you have good neighbors.

As children we all wonder - we wonder all the time. And that gets lost in adulthood. It gets beaten out, it gets filtered out or diluted out.

If there's anyone out there who has taken extreme to a new level, its Joe De Sena - in adventure racing, in business, and ultimately in the business of adventure! Spartan Up! is must-read.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

One insult pocketed soon produces another.