People have a natural tendency to flee to the mountains when things get tough.

Qualifications of a pastor: the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a rhinoceros

To believe in God starts with a conclusion about Him, develops into confidence in Him, and then matures into a conversation with Him.

Faith is only as valid as its object. You could have tremendous faith in very thin ice and drown. . . . You could have very little faith in very thick ice and be perfectly secure.

Children can withstand a lot of pressure and trial from the outside if the home inside is held steady by parents whose character is steady.

"Slightly lower than the angels" is a whole lot better than slightly higher than the apes. Let's get the order straight. God, angelic beings, man, animals, and vegetables.

If people concentrated on their responsibilities, others would have their rights.

If we want to live healthy relationships, according to biblical standards, it is done in the fullness of the Spirit.

There is unspeakable joy... for the person who knows release from guilt and the relief of forgiveness.

When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.

I do have faith in humanity but I don’t have faith in humans.

Human behavior is only unpredictable and dangerous if you don’t start from humanity in the first place.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents - but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea.

As I see it every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself.

Stop thinking about your difficulties, whatever they are, and start thinking about God instead.

We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy

I can't keep the sparrows from flying around my head, but I can keep them from making a nest in my hair.

I haven't been down to Navy Pier in such a long time. I know that's probably the touristy thing to do, but it just reminds me so much of 2000 when I was here shooting ["Hardball"].