When you are in the grips of low self-esteem, it’s painful, and it certainly doesn’t feel like pride. But I believe that this is the dark, quieter side of pride — thwarted pride.

Jesus did not die to increase our self-esteem. Rather, Jesus died to bring glory to the Father by redeeming people from the curse of sin.

The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to understand that the behavior is wrong.

We are more concerned about looking stupid (fear of people) than we are about acting sinfully (fear of the Lord).

If our failure to consistently worship the true God is the key feature of sin, we are sinners all.

God is God, He is not tame and domesticated like we sometimes (try to) make Him.

Sanctification is like a clumsy, slow walk rather than a light switch that we turn from off to on.

Speaker says psychology has commandeered "everything hard" and partitioned it from Scripture with the assumption that its causes are biological

God's self-revelation is a higher authority than our feelings.

If I can trust the word of a friend, why do I question the word of the God of the universe? Go figure. Sin is truly bizarre." [Running Scared, p. 111]

Worry’s magnetic attraction can only be broken by a stronger attraction, and David is saying [in Psalm 27] we can only find that attraction in God Himself.

The universe is seeming really huge right now. I need something to hold on to.

If they want to you out... they will find always a reason for that.

In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid.

The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.

Maybe our gender is one thing and our sexuality is another. And that's a cool thing I think.

You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct.

It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble.

I think it's important for every man to find the right woman and every woman to find the right man.

The Dalai Lama challenged me - he said, 'Why can't you use technological tools to study kindness and compassion?

I am always trying to find fabrics that are more friendly to the environment - working with Virgin Atlantic, they managed to research into this and find more eco fabrics.