There is no point when all the material benefits of the world add up to a general state of happiness. It is the Great Misconception.

Any goal without salvation as its ultimate end is as pointless as trying to live forever on this earth.

Some psychologists argue that the idea of God is a response to our emotional needs, but this presumption is backwards. Our emotional fluctuations are a psychological response to our lack of love for God. If God is everything, what else could we possibily want?

There is no point when all the material benefits of the world add up to a general state of happiness. It is the Great Misconception.

Power isn't having the world at your fingertips; it is having the world at your fingertips and being able to give it up!

For much of my life I floundered under the excuse of "nobody's perfect," the liberating and over-used phrase that affords guys like me the freedom to pile up sins in a careless and unchecked way. Ironically, being perfect is precisely what we are called to be!

Without the necessary humility to worship, I subconsciously desired to be worshiped, not in a crazy Napoleanic manner, but like a modern-day celebrity.