The Christian gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Set patterns, incapable of adaptability, of pliability, only offer a better cage. Truth is outside of all patterns.

She became certain that there was something in the dark behind her: something very old and very slow. Her heart beat so hard and so loudly she was scared it would burst out of her chest.

Don't be a one hit wonder. Daringly disrupt the marketplace again and again.

Experience tells you what to do confidence allows you to do it.

One cannot underestimate how widely admired Tom Daschle is in Washington for his integrity.

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body - and vice versa.

Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

I'm not going to give in to the critics. I'm going to stop on my own terms, not on when someone else thinks I should.

if there's one thing consistent about language it is that it is constantly changing. The only languages that do not change are those whose speakers are dead.