From the time God saved me at 21 years old, I've always been fascinated by the parables of Jesus.

Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.

The people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace

Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.

God's acceptance of us cannot be gained by our successes nor forfeited by our failures.

God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up.

The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.

Here's one way I can know that I've forgotten the gospel of grace: when your sin bothers me more than my sin.

Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.

If people knew the REAL us, they would run. God knows, stays, and loves.

Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey.

The truth is often one's best shield.

Reading and writing dangerous books lets me be who I can't be and say what I can't say in everyday life.

Our perceptions shape whether challenges are obstacles that block our path to success or important arrows that steer us in the direction we want to go.

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young.

The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute upon this point.

When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.

I had no way to have a sense of humor about The Exorcist. I didn't know how. And this enabled me.

Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.

No matter how much we love someone, or think we know them, we can never know what it is like to be inside them.

And I feel that filmmakers ought to be careful with the use of 3D. Because if you look back over the decades, you see that 3D has come and gone for I don't know how many years now.