Satan's most effective weapon is to take our eyes off of what God has declared over us in the gospel.

God sometimes answers our prayers by giving us what we would have asked for had we known what He knows.

Being able to articulate the gospel with accuracy is one thing; having its truth captivate your soul is quite another.

When something becomes so important to you that it drives your behavior and commands your emotions, you are worshipping it.

Faith is not the absence of doubt; it is continuing to follow Jesus in the midst of doubt.

Gospel change is the Spirit of God using the story of God to make the beauty of God come alive in our hearts

In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more and nothing I have done that makes You love me less.

My identity and my security are not in my spiritual progress. My identity and my security are in God’s acceptance of me given as a gift in Christ.

It is one thing to understand the gospel but is quite another to experience the gospel in such a way that it fundamentally changes us and becomes the source of our identity and security.

True religion is when you serve God to get nothing else but more of God.

Salvation is not a prayer you pray in a one-time ceremony and then move on from; salvation is a posture of repentance and faith that you begin in a moment and maintain for the rest of your life.

It's my fault but the most violating thing I've felt this year is not the media exaggerations or the catchy gossip, but the rape of my personal thoughts.

It isn't running away they're afraid of. We wouldn't get far. It's those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge.

We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity.

When I hear Rand Paul, who is much younger, saying wars are verkakte, I agree with him.

The least amount of buttons [in suit], the better. If you have to go with three, you can go three. But all that eight-button stuff? Nuh-uh, not a fan.

Life is short. But desire, desire is long.

Life's too short to spend it trying to keep others happy. You can't please everyone. To fulfill your destiny, stay true to your heart.

I just gotta find myself. Somehow, some way. However I gotta do it, I gotta do it.

Love is our only weapon. Only love can turn mere life into a miracle, and draw precious meaning from suffering and fear.