To walk into the Jefferson memorial is to be in a temple of the pure idolatry of reason

What the church most needs is not heroes of faith, but faithful followers of Jesus.

Jesus wanted far more than to be accepted into one's life. He wanted to take over, and his essential call was to trust him enough to surrender one's entire being to him.

Prayer is the way to die to our own wishes and surrender everything to God.

The assumption that the gospel can be reduced to a note card is already off on the wrong track.

We don't ask what the Bible says, we ask what God says to us in that Bible. The difference is a difference between paper and person.

Love one another strenuously because it's hard.

God's idea of redemption is community-shaped.

God is love so all God does is loving.

One reason why so many Christians today don't know the Old Testament is because their 'gospel' doesn't even need it.

Our biggest problem is that we have an entire culture shaped by a misunderstanding of the gospel. That so-called gospel is deconstructing the church

We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

There. Let the gods of friendship and common sense strike him dead.

Unspoken words between you and I, Present in the eyes of knowing, Lost in the realm of unforeseen beauty, I am yours.

He walked to the bathroom and looked into the mirror, trying to see himself through her eyes. It was time to change his style, throw off the shroud of timidity and start living his life.

After all this atrocity, this is how human beings really pray.

I'm not so widely known that I'm going to be pigeonholed

I think that the Detroit auto industry is important to the United States. It's important for hundreds of thousands of Americans who have their jobs as a result.

DNI director [James] Clapper said as much many, many times, that there is no evidence that any outcome of the election was changed.

Artistic honesty sometimes prevents an artist from being born.

Bella, can you drop the rock, please? Carefully. Don’t hurt yourself.