Truth without love is imperious self-righteousn ess. Love without truth is cowardly self-indulgence .

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

What is right is the ultimate law and trumps the law of the land.

Give me a half hour's conversation. I will know more than I will reading 20 magazines.

WHAT is America but beauty queens, millionaires, stupid records and Hollywood?

Nothing gets me more excited and inspired than something new.

Change isn't easy, it takes time.

Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the stereotype and the peace at the same time.

I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.

Flowers and pricker bushes grow out of the same dust.

I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.

Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another.