All the masterpieces of art contain both light and shadow. A happy life is not one filled with only sunshine, but one which uses both light and shadow to produce beauty.

When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.

I have been asked hundreds of times in my life why God allows tragedy and suffering. I have to confess that I really do not know the answer totally, even to my own satisfaction. I have to accept, by faith, that God is sovereign, and He is a God of love and mercy and compassion in the midst of suffering.

Even when we allow our imaginations to run wild on the joys of heaven, we find that our minds are incapable of conceiving what it will be like.

Prayer is the rope that pulls God and man together. But, it doesn't pull God down to us: It pulls us up to Him.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

I am convinced that these heavenly beings exist and that they provide unseen aid on our behalf.