No writer or thinker has taught me as much as James Hunter has about this all-important and complex subject of how culture is changed.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Every friend we have represents a new world, a world that may not have existed had they not come into our life.

My pride had risen up and whopped me in the face. I don't lose my temper a lot, but when I do, I make a good job of it.

THE HOLIDAYS ARE RUINED!This book is one page long and just contains that one sentence.

[Rylie:] I was thinking about that short you directed--The Pier. I wondered if you had a video or a reel of it somewhere. [Finn:] You want to see my short. Why?[Rylie:] Color me curious.

Like simplicity and candor, and other much-commented qualities, enthusiasm is charming until we meet it face to face, and cannot escape from its charm.

We were in the shadow of the mountains, the light was cool and quiet and no wind was stirring. The aspen trunks were slightly greenish and the leaves were a vibrant yellow.

The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.

Silence is complicity. Speak now or surrender your ground.

If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show.

In the real life-process, willing, feeling, and thinking are only different aspects.