God is good whether or not His choices seem right to us, whether or not we feel it, whether or not it seems true, and whether or not He gives us everything that we want.

Sound theology should always lead us to doxology and transformation.

Contentment is just the realization that God has already provided for me today all that I need for my present peace and happiness.

Don’t wait for God to break you. You can choose to be broken or you can wait for God to crush your pride.

The ultimate purpose of marriage is not to make us happy but to glorify God.

We are never more like Jesus than when we are serving Him or others. There is no higher calling than to be a servant.

Gratitude is a lifestyle. A hard-fought, grace-infused, biblical lifestyle.

Again and again, God's Word reveals that He is not as concerned about the depth or extent of the sin we commit as He is about our attitude and response when we are confronted with our sin.

Jesus has revealed Himself in the Scripture. If we want to know Him, if we want to know the Truth, we must devote ourselves to the reading, study, and meditation of His Word

Those who say in simple surrender 'Yes, Lord,' emerge from the experience spiritually rich, and become a source of grace and encouragement to others who are hurting.

Proud people keep others at arm's length. Broken people are willing to take the risks of getting close to others and loving intimately.

Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart

Having something to fight for will make us stronger than anything they can throw at us.

No gains are ever achieved without first taking the risk of trying.

The love we extend to one another at Christmas, should blossom all year.

Today the United States has the highest prison population in the world, over 2.1 million people. ... We lock people up at a rate that is seven to ten times that of any other democracy.

U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined.

I have this whole new audience now.

I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.

Lord of the golden tongue and smiting eyes; Great out of season and untimely wise: A man whose virtue, genius, grandeur, worth, Wrought deadlier ill than ages can undo.

Anybody who can write home for money can write for magazines.