Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

Religion is intended to facilitate hope and faith. Much like a path is intended to facilitate a journey.

In this post-modern culture in which we live - where people question absolute truth - stories are resistant to platitudes; they're resistant to me making declarations of truth to them. A story can do that in kind of a Trojan-horse fashion.

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

The Bible is the story of two gardens. Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus took a stand.

We may forget him, but God will never forget us. We're forever on his mind and in his plans.

Courage does not panic; it prays. Courage does not bemoan; it believes. Courage does not languish; it listens