The world asks, How much does he give? Christ asks why does he give?

Prayer is the greatest force that we can wield. It is the greatest talent which God has granted us. He has given it to every Christian.

The GREATEST HINDRANCES to the evangelization of the world are those within the Church.

From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power.

The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelization hinges on prayer.

Evangelism without social work is deficient; social work without evangelism is impotent.

The reason why we fail to prevail with unconverted men is due to our more fundamental failure to prevail with God in prayer.

No other generation but ours can evangelize the present generation.

It is easy to magnify human personality and agencies. Prayer recognizes that God is the source of life and light and energy.

Prayer alone will overcome the gigantic difficulties which confront the workers in every field.

Words . . . present a picture of the inward man.

If you want to help anybody, go help people in need.

Best of all are the decorations the grandchildren have made ~ fat little stars and rather crooked Santas, shaped out of dough and baked in the oven.

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful.

As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.

The water is calm, but the currents pull beneath the surface. Though they can’t be seen, they have the power to drag cats to their deaths.

Trouble looms when monogamy is no longer a free expression of loyalty but a form of enforced compliance.

If there is hope, it lies in the proles.

Be good, and you will be lonesome, be lonesome and you will be free. Live a lie and you will live to regret it, that's what living is to me.

I believe it would be considerably healthier for us to dare to live without a reason for many things than with reasons that are simplistic.

My wife is short, and my two kids are also small.