There is something inherently inappropriate about cherishing small ambitions for God.

We should not ask, ‘What is wrong with the world?’ for that diagnosis has already been given. Rather we should ask, “What has happened to salt and light?

A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on

We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.

The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.

We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.

We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.

The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.

Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony

Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature.

The finder of his theme will be at no loss for words.

I was nearly unnerved at my proximity to a nameless thing at the bottom of a pit.

Your vile and bitter diatribes only serve to show how vile and bitter you must be.

The human body is mostly blood and mystery and sadness.

The Bahamas are gorgeous. The deep trench in the ocean floor called the Tongue of the Ocean, which comes between the islands, is the most beautiful deep indigo colour.

The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

With more money brings more fear and when you're trying to be creative in a fear-based environment it's dangerous. Then decisions are made out of fear, not what's best for the film.

BDS represents three words that will help bring about the defeat of Zionist Israel and victory for Palestine.

I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.