I believe that we're all created in the image of God and we're all fallen sinners. And I think we can recognize that as we look backward in history.

An 'almost gospel' doesn't raise a corpse.

The church is not built on the rock foundation of geniuses and influencers but of apostles and prophets.

Moral cowardice at the expense of the vulnerable unborn is both wrong and pathetic.

The biblical picture is not one of an upward, linear progress or a precipitous, downward decline. It is a more complicated picture of a fallen world in which there is a gospel of power.

I think we can remember our past without valorizing parts of our past that we ought to see as wrong.

Charleston was where America split apart in 1861. Maybe it's where America comes together in 2015.

Too often, our concept of pastors and church leaders reinforces rather than obliterates the sad state of family life in our current context.

The root of impatience in discipline is really the same as that of overindulgence. In both instances, parents want to make up for lost time, to speed up a process that takes time.

We find it difficult to distinguish between spiritual combatants… and their hostages.

The culture around us knows what it means when they see a church in perpetual bluster and outrage. They know that we are scared.

Life is painful and disappointing. It is useless, therefore, to write new realistic novels. We generally know where we stand in relation to reality and don’t care to know any more.

A girl calls and asks, "Does it hurt very much to die?""Well, sweetheart, " I tell her, "yes, but it hurts a lot more to keep living.

She tilted her head to glare up at him. "There you go with the 'little witch' thing again. What did I tell you about that?" Knox grinned unrepentantly. "What can I say? You have bewitched me.

What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal.

A statue is just a statue until someone comes along and says it is beautiful. Then it starts to enjoy the magnificence of life.

Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some flaw to dispense them from admiration, a vulgar emotion.

Basic research is very useful, but it should be more geared toward application than it was before.

I think God gave talent to different people in different areas.

Back in my day, we called it rock 'n' roll, but then we always reminded listeners that it was no big deal if they didn't like it.

I hold a doctrine, to which I owe not much, indeed, but all the little I ever had, namely, that with ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.