Church: if the world could see a snapshot of our worship today, would they perceive that we believe our God is worthy of praise?

Worship is admiration becoming adoration.

The enemy of joy is not suffering, it is idolatry.

Worship doesn't happen when a guy gets on a stage w/ a guitar. It happens when faith-filled eyes behold the glory of Christ.

The greatest motivation to share the gospel w/ someone today & everyday: Another voice around the throne. A louder song for Jesus.

My scars are numerous, my flesh is powerless, my enemy is dangerous, but my God is glorious and His grace is totally sufficient.

We must begin to understand that the gospel deconstructs a man before it reconstructs him. First it teaches him he is entitled to nothing, and then it give him everything.

If I don't fight every day to 'fix' my eyes on Jesus, my ADD soul will look to a million lesser things.

If the gospel has never broken you, you have never really heard it.

If there's no Scripture in the worship set, then it's not really a worship set.

We never begin worship. We aim it.

The soul knows no greater anguish than to take a breath that begins with love and ends with grief.

This man [Alexander von Humboldt] is as knowledgeable as a whole academy.

I no longer cared about survival - I merely loved.

The US Navy has several people on every ship that can navigate by the stars. They don't fool with that.

I don't think I've ever changed. I am only one person, it's just me. I'm confident and I'm quite happy with who I am, but it's my life and I'll be what I want.

The pride of the body is a barrier against the gifts that purify the soul.

You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.

There is no denying that there are 'royal roads' through existence for the upper classes; for them, at least, the highways are macadamized, swept, and watered.

The world is split into two halves: the bacon, and the bacon eaters.

There are as many forms of memory as there are ways of perceiving, and every one of them is worth mining for inspiration.