You can't find a YouTube clip to become a craftsman, friend, parent - or disciple of Christ. It's all of grace. And to grow in that grace, you need two things: time and community.

People ask me, 'Why pray if God is sovereign?' I respond, 'Why pray if He isn't?

The goal of Christian mission is not success, but faithful witness; not power, but proclamation; not technique, but truth; not method, but message.

God's church is not a stage for us to perform on but a garden for us to grow in.

Christians are driven by God's promises, and directed by God's purposes.

When the focus becomes 'What would Jesus do?' instead of 'What has Jesus done?' the [conservative/liberal] labels no longer matter.

God is not a supporting actor in our life movie. We exist for his purposes, not the other way around.

We cannot find God for the same reason that a thief can't find a police officer.

The power of God unto salvation is not our passion for God, but the passion He has exhibited toward us sinners by sending his own Son to redeem us.

If you want to be an athlete, there's no way around it: You have to go to the gym. You can't Google your way to it.

God’s Word does not merely impart information; it actually creates life. It’s not only descriptive; it’s effective too, God speaking is God acting.

For being so straight and sure, God’s path held quite the assortment of twists.

Freedom is free from fears, choice of faith.

It takes true courage and real humility to say NO or YES!

...the feelings that pass between us are deeper than fleshly touches...

Never say war insane at the moment for you to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.

I have a son, but I've never had a daughter. I have a sister, and my sister had a fairly tempestuous relationship with my dad when she was young, and that was gripping and sometimes upsetting.

Holding on to anger is like poisoning yourself and hoping someone else will die.

All pain we experience is intended to move us closer to the goal of being holy as He is holy.

There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.

I think women dress for other women to let them know what their deal is. Because if women were only dressing for men, there would be nothing but Victoria's Secret. There would be no Dior.