I don't see success as the goal. Obedience is the goal.

I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it.

Christianity is not a religion, it’s a relationship with God through Christ.

As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase.

The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear to them.

You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been.

Good fiction must be entertaining- but what makes fiction special- and True- is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a larger message.