Without immersion in God's words, our prayers may not be merely limited and shallow but also untethered from reality.

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.

I wouldn't want to assume that all men are like you. If I did, I know I would give them up entirely

The person doing the learning is the person writing the book as much as the person reading it.

Real faith invariably produces holiness of heart and righteousness of life.

I play American and World music, Texas style.

Only when you know how to die can you know how to live.

Never think that by releasing me you will be free. You would only condemn us to an ultimate hell on earth. You would only free something else to destroy us both.

The more debris there is the more it will show the governor's activity.

Metaphor is ritual sacrifice. It kills the look-alike. No, metaphor is homeopathy.

If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of. It would defy every norm that is America.

Thank goodness there are women in our lives -- that's all I can say. We get saved by the women in our lives.