If I try to make only enough money for my family' immediate needs, it may violate Scripture. ...Even though earning just enough to meet the needs of my family may seem non materialistic, it's actually selfish when I could earn enough to care for others as well.

Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want.

Tomorrow's character is made out of today's thoughts. Temptation may come suddenly, but sin does not.

My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.

Why ask for your daily bread when you own the bakery?

There's only one requirement for enjoying God's grace: being broke . . . and knowing it.

I think we need to not look at sorrow and happiness as opposites that cannot co-exist. They can and do co-exist. I have preached many memorial services where you see the sadness and the tears for those attending, and then you see how quick people are to laugh as they remember funny and happy things about their loved ones. And if the deceased knew Christ, those in attendance are able to rejoice as they anticipate the reunion that will one day come.