To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed.

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.

We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.

Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.

Prayer doesn't change things - God changes things in answer to prayer.

I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.

When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.

Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve

He wanted pure compliments, just as he wanted unconditional love.

Few people who are hit once by someone they love respond in the way they might to a singular physical assault by a stranger.

You don't protect Mark McGwire. The only way to protect him is hit 70 homers yourself.

The bravest of individuals is the one who obeys his or her conscience.

I do not appeal to you to screw up your courage and sacrifice for Christ. I appeal to you to renounce all you have to obtain life that satisfies your deepest longings.

My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived.

Zen martini: A martini with no vermouth at all. And no gin, either.

The only thing my mother would say to me about my music - I'd say, "Mom, listen to this," and she'd say, "Junior, I know who you are."

Idolatry is huge in the Bible, dominant in our personal lives, and irrelevant in our mistaken estimations

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, 'I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.'