The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God.

Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.

The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase and disciples multiply

Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God

We are not called to bring a broken planet back to its created glory. But we are to call broken people back to their creator.

God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god.

The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.

To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own.

Just about everybody in America likes Jesus, but few like him for who he truly is.

Writers, even unpublished writers, have a tendency not to notice what’s going on around them when they are the center of attention.

a sense of the love of Christ in the cross

The need for gain, and advantage over others, is one of the chief driving forces behind all human misery.

I saw a photo of a Christian Lacroix couture dress when I was in my teens and decided right then that that's how I wanted to look on my wedding day. In my mind, that's what angels looked like.

You think we're a family,' Cody said, turning back. 'You think we're some jolly, situation-comedy family when we're in particles, torn apart, torn all over the place, and our mother was a witch.

I think we have two very important missions in life. One is to find out who we really are and the other one is to taste as much of life and experience as much of life as we can.

... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.

Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent but had been stained by their own past history of invading other Asian countries.

The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art.

The storms of life can be used for good in our lives if we let them drive our spirits higher and closer to God.