We forget that God's primary goal ia not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations and relationships so that we will be holy.

Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others.

We must not offer people a system of redemption, a set of insights and principles. We offer people a Redeemer.

People struggling with life in a fallen world often want explanations when what they really need is imagination.

Foolishness is more than being stupid, that deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance.

The Bible says that our core problem, the fundamental reason we do what we do, is sin.

The good news of the kingdom is not freedom from hardship, suffering, and loss. It is the news of a Redeemer who has come to scue me from myself.

An instrument s a tool that is actively used to change something, and God has called all of his people to be instruments of change in his redemptive hands

There are three things in this world that engender deep emotional bonds between people. They are health, wealth and children.

They say when you meet somebody that looks just like you, you die.

Twin miracles of mascara, her eyes looked like the corpses of two small crows that had crashed into a chalk cliff.

I think it's very important for someone going to buy a book, taking a class or listening to a lecturer to ask, "Is this the right thing for me to do now? If it isn't, guide me to what I need."

Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being destroyed

Sometimes when we aren't looking, the holiness comes breaking through like a rainbow.

The movies were custard compared to politics.

I told you, everyone understands a quest.

Love what you do...Don't settle

I'm really happy I was kicked out of CalArts (for a controversial art piece I made).