We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Cosmos and its stars

...Mankind is not a race of noble savages - but primitive monsters hide inside us, elusive as Sasquatch...

The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast but never sinks.

I am as vast as God; there is nothing in the world O Miracle: that can shut me up in myself.

Impossible just means they ain't thought of a name for it yet.

Revolution is man's normal activity, and if he is wise he will grade it slowly so that it may be almost imperceptible - otherwise it will jerk in fits and starts and cause discomfort.

A girl asked me if she could comb my hair. Nobody can comb my hair, I can’t even comb my hair.

The journey is the destination. The process you're in is the goal. Success is never defined by the outcome but by the process.

Do good: we will meet one another there.

I'm drawn to villains that are three-dimensional and raw and that I can kind of see in my own life.