When you say, "Come in Jesus as my caregiver, stay out as my Lord," he can't. He's both.

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.

Aim higher in case you fall short.

Just because a person claims to be a Christian does not necessarily mean that he is one.

Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way.

I've always liked to think ahead. Not stupid-far ahead. A hundred years doesn't interest me. But 20 years interests me, and more for what happens to humans as opposed to things.

Income is the natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability.

I know that gaps can be closed. And they can be closed substantially, more than I think we believe.

He that hath a Trade, hath an Estate.

This life is mine because of good luck. And because I reached out and took it.

Hillary Clinton wants a better title, and I would, too, if I was already America's secretary of the status quo.

Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.