To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.

The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.

Independence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.

There's no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.

Encourage literally came from "in courage." The courage is put "into" you from outside. Our character and abilities grow through internalizing from others what we do not possess in ourselves.

Anger is frustration at the fact that we are not God, and do not have control over reality.

Faith goes beyond reason. It goes beyond what you can see. But it is as real as anything you can touch or feel.