We were all born robots. We were all born slaves to our sin. We did what the flesh and what the devil told us to do. For those of us that have been freed by Jesus, we don't have to be robots.

Who are we? We're not perfect but we're not worthless. Scripture tells us that we're beautifully made, but broken.

The question is not whether or not you will face trials. The question is, how will you respond when you do?

Here's the grey rule: embrace things that lead you closer to Jesus, and reject things that lead you away from Jesus.

Training in God's gym may hurt sometimes, but He will make us stronger.

Faith that doesn't affect your life isn't really faith.

Folks need the Gospel. We need to have our hearts changed. We see people from a skewed point of view. We need to see people the way God sees them.

That's the new picture of the good life that I want to paint - living the way that God created us to live. That's what the good life is.

There is no halfway or lackadaisical way to fight lust. If you're not fighting your sin, you're befriending your sin.

Denying self isn't a one-time thing, but a daily task.

Instead of attacking people, we need to love people. It lights a fire under me because it's a reminder of why we need the Gospel. Our hearts are so corrupt.

Peace begins with understanding.

You have to dig deep in yourself to dream. You have to close your eyes to see.

Much of the fear of doing something wrong vanishes when we are knowledgeable about what we are doing.

Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.

All of the [Bob] Fosse-esque movements and point of view informed years and years of what I would do.

Paleontologists do not have to search for famous "missing link" from which humans supposedly came, and current great apes. This link is simply the socialist - because he has both monkey genes.

Apologizes are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is you can move, on you can grow.

I still wanted to know why. As though somebody was going to answer that for me, as though any answer would be satisfying.

The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.

Technologies for stimulating the brain and controlling the mind can have benefits, but they have a dark side that military and intelligence planners have been exploiting for decades