I'm fishing for men with a certain kind of bait, and the bait that I am offering is not a candy; it's a very specific thing that I'm offering, which is a deep gospel and a deep conversion.

Don't ask me for answers, I've only got one. That a man leaves the darkness, when he follows the Son.

Jesus got me through the slums without getting murdered. I just walked with him as though he were really there and not a spirit just floating around.

We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.

Look deep inside, and when you locate the sadness, give it a vacation, and focus on the simple things.

I think we should all be servants. To be really great in God's eyes is to be least among each other and serve each other.

I want to encourage other people to try to discover who they are, not to try to fit into some superficial prototype of what they think a Christian should be, but to discover who they really are.

All music written by a Christian should be as integrated as everything else done by a Christian.

I'm only here on Earth to serve God. I never had a career. I don't care about commercialism. I have a ministry and I'll fight for the ministry.

Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't believe that the bigger your platform is, the more people will pay attention.

If they aren't going to advance God's kingdom, I don't care to help them advance their kingdom.

Hate is hostility.

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

I think in most couples or partnerships, there's a constant struggle for power and dominance.

In my old neighborhood, a boy stopped playing when he began to lose his pulse. And then he became the referee.

This is a powerful message from our government: we will not be intimidated by bombs; we will not be intimidated by poison; this is America, if you're a violent, paranoid lunatic, you must use a gun!

I always knew I wanted to write really imaginative fiction - fiction that was very different from my real life.

(Landscapes) are too close to painting. And TV has nothing to do with painting. It's just transmission. And you can't transmit a landscape, happily enough.

At its core, health is simple: eat the right amount for your body, don't ingest chemicals or fake foods, and move more.

From that time on, I always had the studios on my neck.

If you think you can't do something, you can't. But if you think you can, you may be surprised to discover that you can.