There is nothing more important to learn about Christian growth than this: Growing in grace means becoming like Christ.

How do we bring glory to God? The Bible’s short answer is: by growing more and more like Jesus Christ.

My security as a Christian does not reside in the strength of my faith but in the indestructibili ty of my Savior.

Love is not maximum emotion. Love is maximum commitment.

Thinking that I deserve heaven is a sure sign I have no understanding of the gospel.

Jesus Christ is able to set us free because He has dealt with the sin that enslaves us.

True faith takes its character and quality from its object. Its strength therefore depends on the character of Christ. Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others!

Be obedient even when you do not know where obedience may lead you

Knowing God is your single greatest privilege as a Christian

The fear of the Lord tends to take away all other fears... This is the secret of Christian courage and boldness.

The real test that I believe that God is love is that tragedies don't separate me from the conviction that God is love.

I'd suggest you find something better to do with your time...

Every time I opened my mouth, flame licked up my throat. I could have razed vil­lages, kid­napped princesses.

Now is the Winter of our discontent.

Journeying through secret doors, curving corridors, and connecting rooms into the mountain was like being digested by the different organs of a deity.

I'm too grateful that I continue to grow as an actor. I hope I get better. I feel like I am. But it's a roll of the dice every time you make a movie. Nobody knows.

Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.

She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man.

A nation of ants, morose, frigid, and still preserving the same dread of happiness and joy as in the days of John Knox.

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

You cannot do anything without rousing the masses to action.