The key is really just saying my brain isn't big enough to figure out why everything happens. It would be like an ant trying to understand the internet.

The more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be.

I have done political things, I couldn't care less about politics. I have zero interest in politics, really. They don't allure me. I have no interest in them, because if I could believe the law could change people's behavior then I would become a politician. But only Christ can change the heart.

You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.

How does God teach me love? By putting me around unlovely people. How does God teach me joy in the middle of grief? Not happiness, which is based on happenings. How does God teach me peace? Not when I am out fishing and everything is going my way and it doesn't get better than this. But in the middle of chaos. How does God teach me patience? By putting me in His waiting room.

Character is never built in a classroom; it is built in the circumstances of life.

We are not saved by good works; we are saved for good works. The Christian lifestyle is to be a lifestyle of goodness.