The cross is the great jewel of the Christian faith and like every great jewel it has many precious facets that are each worthy of examining for their brilliance and beauty.

Stop looking for the path of least resistance and start running down the path of greatest glory to God and good to others, because that's what Jesus, the Real Man, did.

You don't need to beat yourself up in order to make God love you. Jesus already took your beating.

Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering.

Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn.

Tragically, we live in a day when offense to God doesn't matter nearly as much as offense to others.

Study the Bible like a soldier on a mission, not a scholar on a sabbatical.

God loves you enough to receive you as you are. He loves you too much to keep you as you are.

Looking for a word from the Lord? Believe that he has already spoken, and read what he's already written.

Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things

Faith is not just what we believe internally. It's how we behave externally.

Her soft trailing fingers would continue to attempt a connection that I refused to allow

...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

This is a case without a body.The body does not come into it at all.

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.

The solution is always spiritual, and it almost never has anything to do with the problem ... laughter is carbonated holiness.

We none of us find as much kindness in this world as we should.

If you win all the time, it's not good for the coaches or the kids.

He is praised by some, blamed by others.

I think if I had been a man, I would be richer. That hurts. But at the same time, I have to keep fighting and not think too much about "what if," because that doesn't lead you anywhere.

If Shane Warne were to become England spin bowling coach I think it would be fantastic for myself and all those learning to bowl spin in England.