My legacy doesn't matter. It isn't important that I be remembered. It's important that when I stand before the Lord, he says, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' I want to finish strong.

Don't throw away your friendship with your teenager over behavior that has no great moral significance. There will be plenty of real issues that require you to stand like a rock. Save your big guns for those crucial confrontations.

Marriage succeeds only as lifetime commitment with no escape clauses.

I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.

I cannot, and will not, vote for Senator John McCain, as a matter of conscience.

Joy comes form knowing God loves me, knows who I am and where I'm going ... that my future is secure as I rest in Him.

[P]ain is a marvelous purifier. . . It is not necessary to beat the child into submission; a little bit of pain goes a long way for a young child. However, the spanking should be of sufficient magnitude to cause the child to cry genuinely.