The state of your heart dictates whether you harbor a grudge or give grace, seek self-pity or seek Christ, drink human misery or taste God's mercy.

One phrase summarizes the horror of hell. "God isn't there."

Whether or not storms come, we can not choose. But where we stare during a storm, that we can.

I'd like to think I'm going upriver in talking about world-view topics rather than particular political or controversial topics.

We are presumptuous not when we marvel at His grace, but when we reject it.

Every movie really does have a message. Somebody somewhere is trying to make a point or advance a cause or promote their agenda. There's nothing wrong with that. They try to do so in an entertaining fashion.

You may not be down to your final heartbeat, but you may be down to your last paycheck, solution, or thimble of faith. Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear.