There is a direct relationship between a person's grasp and experience of God's grace, and his or her heart for justice and the poor.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

This universe is your abode

Minds like bodies will often fall into a pimpled ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.

Strictly has just given me a real zest for life. Life is so short. We should all grasp it.

There are few plants that are ugly. It's how you use them that may not be pretty.

I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between gigs, now I just like to do stand-up gigs as much as I can.

One ought to be against racism and sexism because they are wrong, not because one is black or one is female.

I don't have time. Come back after the election.

I feel like what's come out of me is the gift God has given me just to encourage people, to help them know that there's a better life.

The point is it is amazing that the generations have joined in the Beatle madness and love the music. Who knew?