God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful.

[The Return of the Prodigal book] came out of my emotional and spiritual journey during the four months I was gone from Daybreak because of depression.

That's the temptation of the devil: "Turn stones into bread! Be relevant!"

It is God’s passionate pursuit of us that calls us to prayer.

I was forced to enter the basement of my soul and look directly at what was hidden there, and to choose, in the face of it all, not death but life.

The evangelical movement has become just a bit victimized by a success-oriented culture, wanting the church - like the corporation - to be successful.

People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life.