The drug of choice in the modern age is levity. We want everything to be light and bubbly. We just want to feel good.

My sin in the past: forgiven. My current struggles: covered. My future failures: paid in full all by the marvelous, infinite, matchless grace found in the atoning work of the cross of Jesus Christ.

God is awesome; he doesn’t need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient.

Love says: I've seen the ugly parts of you, and I'm staying. Our culture doesn't love love; It loves the idea of love. It wants the emotion without the sacrifice.

If you’re a church person and not a Jesus person, my heart hurts for you. It’s like being engaged and never getting married. It’s miserable.

The more you make this world about you, the more miserable you will be.

Comfort is the god of our generation, so suffering is seen as a problem to be solved, and not a providence from God.

No change of job, no increased income, no new home, no new electronic device, or no new spouse is going to make things better inside of you.

God is at work in the mess. That's the message of the Bible. That's why the Bible is not pretty. That's why it's grimy, because God is working in the mess. He's working in the tears.

Faith doesn’t mean an absence of fear. It means facing fear and trusting that God’s goodness is greater.

God does not regret saving you. There is no sin which you commit which is beyond the cross of Christ.

Be conscious of your pleasantness.

Canadian nationalism was systematically encouraged and exploited by American capital. Canada moved from colony to nation to colony.

A good meal ought to begin with hunger.

When people aren't having any fun, they seldom produce good work. Kill the grimness with laughter. Encourage exuberance. Get rid of sad dogs that spread gloom.

A little person in a little place can use a little thing, perform a little task, and receive a great reward.

If you can fix a problem with money, it's not really a problem.

Life becomes fully understandable only the moment we realise that we are all mad.

Over time, quality work will lead to an audience for your work.

Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know

Trust and reputation are not discretionary. They are as necessary in business as the people in whom they reside.