Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you." Eli to Punchinello (p. 25)

Apple trees bear apples, wheat stalks produce wheat, and forgiven people forgive people.

I don't get the impression that most sources of media - like television and movies - are trying to get out a positive message, necessarily. My impression is they're trying to get a message out that promotes their personal opinion, position or belief and they're trying to do something that makes money. They want to turn a buck.

Does the presence of pain mean the absence of God? I try to help people see that God uses pain, that pain is one of the ways God shapes us into the kind of beings He wants us to be for eternity.

Nature is God's workshop. The sky is his resume. The universe is his calling card. You want to know who God is? See what he has done.

All of my sermons become books. I've been accused of having no unpublished thought. I encourage pastors to do that. I think there are so many great sermons that never really get circulation.

Hiding out with the enemy brings only temporary relief.