Pure Christianity, instead of being shaped by its environment, actually stands in sharp opposition to it.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nonetheless, He is the one who loves you the most.

The only Christian you want to listen to is the one who gives you more of a hunger for God.

God's Word is true whether we believe it or not. Human unbelief cannot alter the character of God.

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.

What's closest to your heart is what you talk about, and if God is close to your heart, you'll talk about Him.

When I understand that everything happening to me is to make me more Christlike, it resolves a great deal of anxiety.

If your life does not worship God, your lips do not worship God either.

At the end of every light, is a tunnel of darkness.

The trouble with drowning in the mess of your own life is that you're not in any shape to save anyone else. You can't be a lighthouse when you're underwater yourself.

But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside the enemy.

When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.

The great spirals... apparently lie outside our stellar system.

I try to make those references. I try to make sure that they're not too obscure. But outside of that, I dare not claim anything in the spiritual realm for my own.

I'm definitely not the person to be giving anybody dance lessons.

That's the trouble with trying to influence an undecided voter. First you have to find one

Let's pray for whole world that there be brotherhood. I hope this journey of the church we begin today is fruitful for evangelization.

My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs write life. I decided to take her up on that.