I think you have to be very careful about any story that puffs you up.

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.

The strength of a story is that it stays with people and it gives an opportunity for that story to connect with people where the Holy Spirit intends for it to do so.

If relationships matter most then [at the end of our lives], shouldn't they matter most now?

I believe ingratitude is the original sin. I believe if Adam and Eve had been grateful for the garden of Eden they had, they would not have been so focused on the one tree they didn't have.

I would not have said anything about Mr. Trump, never - I would never have said anything if he didn't call himself a Christian. It'd be none of my business whatsoever to make any comments about his language, his vulgarities, his slander of people, but I was deeply troubled ... that here's a man who holds up a Bible one day, and calls a lady "bimbo" the next.

Fear corrodes our confidence in God's goodness.