The faithfulness of God in the past fortifies believers for future challenges.

The opposite of love is indifference to the genuine needs of others.

When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.

The thoughtful believer recalls God's faithfulness in the past when confronted by any new threat. Part of spiritual maturity is strong sense of one's own history.

Believers have just as much to fear from legalism as from waywardness. The first detracts from the beauty of the message, while the second mars it content.

The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ.

God is enough like us to understand our problems and enough above us to be able to solve them.

Since the success of believers is tied to our knowledge of and obedience to God's Word, the memorizing of portions of the Bible is advisable.

Every demonstration of God's faithfulness to us is an opportunity for us to testify of Him to others.

Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.

Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands.

Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.

The link between the spirit and the mind is the deep heart".~R. Alan Woods [2012]

I love libraries. Everybody there is serious and focused even if they are not absorbing or learning anything better

We all need something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.

These were the facts. Facts were important. They separated fiction from reality, the tawdry world of Mike Longshott from the concrete spaces of Joe's world.

Thus let me live unseen unknown Thus unlamented let me die Steal from the world and not a stone Tell where I lie.

I am not an adolescent, nor a romantic. I analyze objectively.

False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making. True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to navigate the best path around them.

There is a dispute about the existence of God. Both sides try to hide that they killed Him - even before He came into being.

Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.