From birth to death we are alone.
We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry
God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?
The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
You don't fall in love. You commit to it.
I know politics; I know the media.
Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise.
We will always return to the private and inviolable act of reading as our culture's way of developing an individual.
There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.