I am not a Christian because God changed my life; I am a Christian because of my convictions about who Jesus Christ is.

Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context.

Yet each of us also carries another portrait with us, a picture far more important than any in our wallet. Psychologists have a name for it. They call that mental picture of ourselves, our self-image. ... there's always the person whose self-image is bent all out of shape, like a photo carried too long in a wallet.The good news of the tremendous worth we have in God's eyes can light up our inner self-portrait.

Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.

Anyone with sincere religious beliefs cannot say that all religions are true. That is so illogical it is pathetic. All religion cannot be true because some of them are so diametrically opposed to each other.

Where I once believed people were there to be used, I started thinking of other people first.

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.