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

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.

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.

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.

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.

All progress of humanity happened because humans wanted to be loved and appreciated.

I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing

And tonight the stars again ask me your name?And I just smile, playing the guessing game!

Being snubbed is not always a bad thing at awards shows because you end up getting a lot of people coming up to you and telling you how great you are.

He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.

Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.

The supreme religious test of our social order is the hideous commerce of prostitution.

Being productive and being busy are not necessarily the same thing. Doing things won’t create your success; doing the right things will.

Make yourself do something stupid so when you really do something stupid you won't feel so bad

I'm a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I've been studying Naval battles forever.