The cross is not just a badge to identify us...it is also the compass which gives us our bearings in a disoriented world.

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.

Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool.

Things yet unknown will change the way you think.

I feel thankful to the faithful God.

We need a pedagogy free from fear and focused on the magic of children's innate quest for information and understanding.

If you suspect someone is draining you, generally you should not confront them, but be nice, relax them, and then see what they are doing.

Let your love to life be love to your highest hope; and let your highest hope be the highest thought of life!

I've never presented myself as anything less than a flawed person.

I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.

You're all beautiful. And you shouldn't let anyone tell you otherwise.