There is a pile of dead bodies behind the Mars Hill bus, and by God's grace, it'll be a mountain by the time we're done.

Stop looking for the path of least resistance and start running down the path of greatest glory to God and good to others, because that's what Jesus, the Real Man, did.

You don't need to beat yourself up in order to make God love you. Jesus already took your beating.

Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering.

Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn.

Tragically, we live in a day when offense to God doesn't matter nearly as much as offense to others.

Study the Bible like a soldier on a mission, not a scholar on a sabbatical.

God loves you enough to receive you as you are. He loves you too much to keep you as you are.

Looking for a word from the Lord? Believe that he has already spoken, and read what he's already written.

Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things

Faith is not just what we believe internally. It's how we behave externally.

Writing- the profession in which you stare at a computer screen, stare out the window, type a few words, then curse repeatedly.

My daughter and two sons are the flowers in my heart and garden.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit

..and why the winter suns so rush to bathe themselves in the seaand what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl...

I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always 'let it keep rolling.'

So I think I know a little bit about winning, if there's ever a concern.

Wives don't need a good provider, they need a Godly man who will help them trust in The Provider - God!!

If you have no enemies, you have no character.

There is always a gap between intention and action.

Christianity is the only religion whose God bears the scars of evil.