There is no substitute for a firsthand encounter with the Word of God.

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.

I'm shockingly terrible at action movies.

I'm able to shift gears from mom to performer to mom pretty quickly.

Ever since I saw sexy Beast I've been trying to get the cockney thing down.

He (Bill Terry) once hit a ball between my legs so hard that my center-fielder caught it on the fly backing up against the wall.

In the end, photography for me is just an excuse to get to know the world.

Fear only the warm embrace of passive stupidity.

The impact of black music and black art forms on American culture is really difficult to appreciate.

John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign.

Your words become the mirror in which others see themselves.

Relationship is like a job but you can't ever retire. When you stop working at it, it stops working.