Is Jesus a Saviour who saves you, or is he an assistant who helps you save yourself?

God, make me a man with thick skin and a soft heart. Make me a man who is tough and tender. Make me tough so I can handle life. Make me tender so I can love people. God, make me a man.

Worry is worthless. It can't change the past or control the future. It only spoils the moment.

If your friends never make you uncomfortable. You don't have friends. You have fans.

Humility is not just declaring that you are not God. It is deciding daily to not be God.

Would your city weep if your church did not exist?

Any person that says, "Of course I wouldn't do ______" doesn't know their own heart.

We should never intentionally offend, but if you follow Jesus, you will offend religious people.

If there is no challenging of the sinful heart, there is no gospel preaching.

You don't measure your maturity by comparing yourself with others. You judge maturity by comparing yourself to Jesus.

Discipline is rarely enjoyable, but almost always profitable.

OF COURSE I'd like to be the ideal mother. But I'm too busy raising children.

You will never go wrong obeying God.

I sin like crazy, but I protect my people.

I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't.

Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.

I won't take no for an answer.

It's an honor, indeed I'm glad, to join in giving a warm reception to a book that has given me many delightful moments.

Postmodernism entices us with the siren call of liberation and creativity, but it may be an invitation to intellectual and moral suicide.

On my YouTube channel, I put up 3-4 videos a week, and I spend a lot of money to maintain that content. When I travel, I travel with a videographer and a photographer no matter what.

To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.