Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good.

How I wish that more men who claim to be evangelical really believed the Word of God--that it IS the Word of God, that it is God speaking.

To progress is always to begin always to begin again

Remember it is not you who supports the root, but the root that supports you.

What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

The pain that you've been feeling, can't compare to the joy that's coming.

Anyone who wonders if a Christian can sin is ignorant about sin's enslaving nature.

For we know that our old self was crucified with him so the the body of sin might be brought to nothing, that we should no longer be enslaved to sin.

...so unbelief alone commits sin..Hence Christ calls unbelief the only sin.

We need to remember how what Christ has already done transforms who we are right now -- not later, once we get it together but right now in all the messes we've made.

A good editor is like tinsel to a Christmas Tree...they add the perfect amount of sparkle without being gaudy.

I was thinking about how people seem to read the bible a lot more as they get older, and then it dawned on me—they’re cramming for their final exam.

Trauma may be endured through a physiological or psychological threat to life or overall wellbeing.

Bravery is when you walk into a battle you are not sure of winning.

People think, 'She's a model. She must have such an attitude. She must be so stuck up.' But I'm normal. I cry. I'm not rich. I drive a 1987 Chevrolet Celebrity.

It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound too bad.

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

The gospel gives me hope, and hope is not a language the dark voices understand.

Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator.

We are not in the business of being original. We are in the business of reusing things that work.