Someday I want to go back and maybe write another book on those seven sayings. I just think they are kind of like a table of contents to the Christian hope. They invite us to go into all the aspects of the heart of Jesus. Everything about them from the drama, the setting, the passion around them - I think the seven sayings of the cross are powerful.

I don't think I have ever created an entire fiction piece or followed a historical piece and made that into a sermon.

It's one thing to be discouraged. It's another thing to have despair. Despair is when you think there's just no end to this [suffering]. There's no solution for this. Despair is when you think that your suffering has no purpose, and your suffering has no end.

Relationships don't thrive because the guilty are punished but because the innocent are merciful.

Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God.

I'm protective of the reputation of Christ and the church.

When we submit to God's plans, we can trust our desires. Our assignment is found at the intersection of God's plan and our pleasures.