The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God; otherwise it is doomed to failure

Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.

Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.

Three means by which God assures us that we do have eternal life: 1. The promises of His Word, 2. The witness of the Spirit in our hearts, 3. The transforming work of the Spirit in our lives.

The gospel is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history.

Gentleness is an active trait, describing the manner in which we should treat others. Meekness is a passive trait, describing the proper Christian response when others mistreat us.

Lord, I am willing To receive what You give. To lack what You withhold. To relinquish what You take, To suffer what You inflict, To be what you require.

God intends that everyone who has embraced the gospel become a part of the great enterprise of spreading the gospel.

Bitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives

... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Because God is sovereign, He is able to answer. Because He is faithful to His promises, He will answer.

If you want to change yourself, you have to change your point of view.

Some days making it to the end of the day is quite the victory. -- Bea

The place where the interests of all parties come together is the international community, along with its resolutions.

We used to call it her Cinderella complex, because often when she had agreed to go out in the evening she would be seized by panic and announce that she had nothing to wear.

I probably have genius. But no talent.

There is not a thing on the face of the earth that I abhor so much as idleness or idle people.

There has to be a force on the horizon that can come very quickly. But the way we run and fund peacekeeping, this capacity is unavailable.

I live a lonely photographic life here in Santa Fe. I do see Eliot Porter occasionally, and Ansel storms through every so often, otherwise I plug along in my old fashioned way.

There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad, and indifferent.

Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.