When people ask me how old the Earth is, I tell them I don't know because I don't.

Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once and He volunteered.

A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol.

To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.

When there’s something in the Word of God that I don’t like, the problem is not with the Word of God, it’s with me.

It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.

God is not going to negotiate His holiness... in order to accommodate us.

Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of God.

We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.

We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.

God does not rule by the consent of His subjects but by His sovereign authority. His reign extends over me whether I vote for Him or not.

2There is no greater thing in life than that secret sense of harmony that unites us briefly with the great mysteries of others and allows us to travel alongside them for part of the way.

In the agenda of empty countries, there exists only empty matters!

You have a meeting to make a decision, not to decide on the question.

With a canvas I'm a group of seven. A migraine, take two Excedrin.

I was never very mature in my relationships with women. First sign of conflict, I was gone.

If you're not the one cooking, stay out of the way and compliment the chef.

There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do.

That's life: trust and you're betrayed; don't trust and you betray yourself.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena..who errs, who comes short again and again; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who spends himself in a worthy cause.

Things are only boring if you are boring.