Husbands and wives, recognize that in marriage you have become one flesh. If you live for your private pleasure at the expense of your spouse, you are living against yourself and destroying your joy. But if you devote yourself with all your heart to the holy joy of your spouse, you will also be living for your joy and making a marriage after the image of Christ and His church.

Anger devours almost all other good emotions. It deadens the soul. It numbs the heart to joy and gratitude and hope and tenderness and compassion and kindness.

One day America and all its presidents will be a footnote in history, but the kingdom of Jesus will never end.

If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.

Do all things without grumbling. Why? You have a sovereign God who is on your side, who works everything together for your good.

One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work.

Betrayed by Judas, denied by Peter, abandoned by the eleven, forsaken by God. Darkness, you get one hour. Then you die.