God is God, He is not tame and domesticated like we sometimes (try to) make Him.

Jesus did not die to increase our self-esteem. Rather, Jesus died to bring glory to the Father by redeeming people from the curse of sin.

The rule of thumb is that if someone is able to be verbally or physically abusive, he or she is able to understand that the behavior is wrong.

We are more concerned about looking stupid (fear of people) than we are about acting sinfully (fear of the Lord).

If our failure to consistently worship the true God is the key feature of sin, we are sinners all.

When you are in the grips of low self-esteem, it’s painful, and it certainly doesn’t feel like pride. But I believe that this is the dark, quieter side of pride — thwarted pride.

Sanctification is like a clumsy, slow walk rather than a light switch that we turn from off to on.

Speaker says psychology has commandeered "everything hard" and partitioned it from Scripture with the assumption that its causes are biological

God's self-revelation is a higher authority than our feelings.

If I can trust the word of a friend, why do I question the word of the God of the universe? Go figure. Sin is truly bizarre." [Running Scared, p. 111]

Worry’s magnetic attraction can only be broken by a stronger attraction, and David is saying [in Psalm 27] we can only find that attraction in God Himself.

Many men, One CryOne Woman, a Pleasant Pride.

Sadly, some folks don’t live . . . they merely exist.

It is never too late to show true character.

I wondered if hurdlers ever thought, you know, "This would go faster if we just got rid of the hurdles.

My father and I had a really good relationship. We're cool. I am not trying to outdo him or anything like that.

Do you honestly believe God likes you, not just loves you because theologically God has to love you?

Let it not be a beautiful face,' I thought, 'but to make up for that, let it be a noble, an expressive, and, above all, an extremely intelligent one.

The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man.

I still give myself the right to be highly critical of others, though.

Richard Pryor had real sincere and vulnerable moments. Now it seems so cheesy if you stop your act and say, "This is why we have to help them kids. We've got to make sure them kids can read."