God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.

Fiction has subversive potential. People let it into their minds, like the Trojan Horse. They don't know what's inside. You hook them with the story, and God can work below the level of their consciousness. Fiction can be propaganda for evil or convey a theme that impacts people for good.

Grace never ignores the awful truth of our depravity; in fact it emphasizes it. The worse we realize we are the greater we realize God's grace.

Give worshipfully. Our giving is a reflexive response to God's grace. It doesn't come out of our altruism - it comes out of the transforming work of Christ in us.

For Christians this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven.

Compassion for the mother is extremely important, but is never served through destroying the innocent.

It is by serving God and others that we store up heavenly treasures. Everyone gains; no one loses.