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

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable.

My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and movies that compete in the marketplace of ideas.

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.

In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus is the way to God, it makes no sense to hate people who disagree.

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.

We sometimes idealize the early church and want our churches to go back to the simple, old ways. We need to carefully read the history. Harmony takes work.