God gives us people to love and things to use, not things to love and people to use.

Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.

Does God know if I am ignored or rejected? Find the answer in the compassionate eyes of Christ as he stands to defend the adulterous woman.

I think there is, not in the sense that I enjoy it, but that it's an important question. It's the question, "Does the presence of pain mean God doesn't care? Does God not love me anymore?" I think that's a very common connection we tend to make.

All of my books began as sermons, so really the heart of the message is still the same.

Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.

The Land of Promise is for those who simply remain to the end.