Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.

Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.

Many good Christians are confused about complex social issues of our day, such as doctor-assisted death or medical research which uses stem cells from human embryos. They wonder, 'Why shouldn't science use discarded fetuses for research?' And if someone finds his medical condition intolerable and hopeless, 'why shouldn't he have the legal right to end his life?' Although the Bible does not address these issues in particular, it does provide guiding insights.

There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.

Believers are never told to become one; we already are one and are expected to act like it.

If you had never known physical pain in your life, how could you appreciate the nail scarred hands with which Jesus Christ will meet you?

I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.