Since the primary motive of the evil is disguise, one of the places evil people are most likely to be found is within the church. What better way to conceal one's evil from oneself as well as from others than to be a deacon or some other highly visible form of Christian within our culture

Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?

Our view of reality is like a map with which to negotiate the terrain of life. If the map is true and accurate, we will generally know how to get there. If the map is false and inaccurate, we generally will be lost.

Emotional sickness is avoiding reality at any cost. Emotional health is facing reality at any cost.

There is no act of love that is not an act of work or courage. No exceptions.

I make no distinction between the mind and the spirit, and therefore no distinction between the process of achieving spiritual growth and achieving mental growth. They are one and the same.

Love is the free exercise of choice. Two people love each other only when they are quite capable of living without each other but choose to live with each other.