We carry an insidious prosperity gospel around in our dark, little, entitled hearts.

My sin in the past: forgiven. My current struggles: covered. My future failures: paid in full all by the marvelous, infinite, matchless grace found in the atoning work of the cross of Jesus Christ.

God is awesome; he doesn’t need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient.

Love says: I've seen the ugly parts of you, and I'm staying. Our culture doesn't love love; It loves the idea of love. It wants the emotion without the sacrifice.

If you’re a church person and not a Jesus person, my heart hurts for you. It’s like being engaged and never getting married. It’s miserable.

The more you make this world about you, the more miserable you will be.

Comfort is the god of our generation, so suffering is seen as a problem to be solved, and not a providence from God.

No change of job, no increased income, no new home, no new electronic device, or no new spouse is going to make things better inside of you.

God is at work in the mess. That's the message of the Bible. That's why the Bible is not pretty. That's why it's grimy, because God is working in the mess. He's working in the tears.

Faith doesn’t mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God’s goodness is greater.

God does not regret saving you. There is no sin which you commit which is beyond the cross of Christ.

Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is, although we may not see the reason there of until all of the events transpire.

They praised his modesty and did not listen to him, for listening is a rare gift, and men will have their heroes.

In America, money takes the place of God.

You think that social media is about hooking up online? For these kids [in the Tunisian Revolution], it was a military tool to defend unarmed people from murderers.

We find what we expect to find. We do not see the world as it is but as we are.

Everyone is innocent unless proven otherwise.

Your present negative beliefs were formed by thought PLUS feelings. Generate enough emotion, or deep feeling and your new thoughts and ideas will cancel them out.

I am a firm believer in reincarnation for people who either have more work to do or have so much debt to pay back that they have to be here.

I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

The graphic novel form really interests me and I like the freedom that format offers.