The church can have light only as it is full of the Spirit, and it can be full only as the members that compose it are filled individually.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nonetheless, He is the one who loves you the most.

The only Christian you want to listen to is the one who gives you more of a hunger for God.

God's Word is true whether we believe it or not. Human unbelief cannot alter the character of God.

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.

What's closest to your heart is what you talk about, and if God is close to your heart, you'll talk about Him.

When I understand that everything happening to me is to make me more Christlike, it resolves a great deal of anxiety.

If your life does not worship God, your lips do not worship God either.

It's not about the words that come out of your mouth. It's about the words that come out of your heart.

Any child that wants special attention is arrogant”.

In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war.

Working on 'Dexter' is like shooting one big movie every year.

Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul.

Our thoughts will swim around and talk to us while we're sitting there, make fun of us, ignore us. But if you pay attention, if you don't look in the direction of your thoughts, you meditate.

The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for.

It's very, very rare in this business [moviemaking] where a script lands on your lap ready to go.

I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.

Luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice nothing. Luxury spoils and infantilizes you and prevents you from knowing the world.