As a human, I am flawed in that it is difficult for me to consider others before myself. It feels like I have to fight against this force, this current within me that, more often than not, wants to avoid serious issues and please myself, buy things for myself, feed myself, entertain myself, and all of that.

...if I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don't believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn't matter what I say.

Self-discipline will never make us feel righteous or clean; accepting God's love will.

The economy is turning around, so that's going to help a little bit.

If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation.

The heart responds to the conflict within a story.

Dying for something is easy because it is associated with glory. Living for something is the hard thing. Living for something extends beyond fashion, glory, or recognition. We live for what we believe.