The Gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.

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.

I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are.

Maturity isn't a product of growing older. It's a product of growing wiser.

A smart mother makes often a better diagnosis than a poor doctor.

In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die!

Your mom can't hate a whole country because of one person!

I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow.

I adore tradition. I cannot stand habit. Simply to repeat is nothing, also to destroy is nothing. Tradition is never interrupted, we are always evolving but never interrupted.

I don’t leave her speechless very often. I have to enjoy those rare moments.

For Aristotle, goodness is a kind of prospering in the precarious affair of being human.

With stupidity and sound digestion, man may front much.