Unless you believe the gospel, everything you do will be driven by either pride or fear.

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.

In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

If the director's a communist, whatever, he's a communist. All I care is that he directs. For the actor, the same thing. All you really care is that he comes in and performs.

No future without forgiveness.

But an experienced reader is also a self-aware and critical reader. I can't remember ever reading a story without judging it.

Leadership in its best sense has never been about the pre-determined role cast on some to lead others.

A banjo will get you through times of no money, but money won't get you through times of no banjo

And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.

Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't believe.

No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy.

To be honest, I miss the old Hollywood way of having some mystique about the star.