Worship is a powerful witness to unbelievers-if God's presence is felt, and if the message is understandable. God's presence must be sensed in the service. More people are won to Christ by feeling God's presence than by all our apologetic arguments combined. Few people, if any, are converted to Christ on purely intellectual grounds. It is the sense of God's presence that melts the heart and explodes mental barriers.

The test of your worldview is not how you act in the good times. The test of your worldview is how you act at the funeral. Having been through literally hundreds if not thousands of funerals: ... It makes a difference what you believe.

The books that have helped me most are the ones I reacted to, not just read

As a Christian, you can enjoy life because your conscience is clear. You can enjoy life because you are secure within God's love.

The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.

Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test.