God's response to the belittlement of his name, from the beginning of time, has been the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on a Roman cross.

My sin in the past: forgiven. My current struggles: covered. My future failures: paid in full all by the marvelous, infinite, matchless grace found in the atoning work of the cross of Jesus Christ.

God is awesome; he doesn’t need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient.

Love says: I've seen the ugly parts of you, and I'm staying. Our culture doesn't love love; It loves the idea of love. It wants the emotion without the sacrifice.

If you’re a church person and not a Jesus person, my heart hurts for you. It’s like being engaged and never getting married. It’s miserable.

The more you make this world about you, the more miserable you will be.

Comfort is the god of our generation, so suffering is seen as a problem to be solved, and not a providence from God.

No change of job, no increased income, no new home, no new electronic device, or no new spouse is going to make things better inside of you.

God is at work in the mess. That's the message of the Bible. That's why the Bible is not pretty. That's why it's grimy, because God is working in the mess. He's working in the tears.

Faith doesn’t mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God’s goodness is greater.

God does not regret saving you. There is no sin which you commit which is beyond the cross of Christ.

It is a fact that one man can be deliriously happy in the exact situation that causes another man to wither from depression.

No offense, but I'd rather kiss the horse.

Make generosity part of your growth strategy.

At the very last moment, Nature would force you to blink your eye. Nature will protect her own.

O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity

Married life teaches one invaluable lesson: to think of things far enough ahead not to say them.

The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms.

None of us are perfect, and we all make mistakes. But the American people are a very forgiving people.

Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries.

I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don't want to leave too much on the table. I want you to have your connection and your secret understanding of the character.