The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.

The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.

I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.

Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.

The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God's irreplaceable gift to you.

God is still in the business of coming down to earth: to this cubicle, this email, this room, this house, this job, this hospital room, this car, this bed, this vacation. Any place can become Bethel, the house of God. Cleveland, maybe. Or the chair you're sitting in as you read these words.

We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.