Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive.

How different our standard is from Christ's. We ask how much a man gives. Christ asks how much he keeps.

Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.

Tolerance is not a Christian value. Charity, justice, mercy, prudence, honesty--these are Christian values.

Simplicity enables us to live lives of integrity in the face of the terrible realities of our global village.

Jesus, do you always show up like this, at the craziest of times and in the oddest of places? I sure hope so.

I don't know why, but the Bible always seems to come to me in my time of need, even with the exact words.

The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature.

When you read a holy book, you emphasize that God exists.When you see people, you sympathize their existence.

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

The fall of man did not introduce evil; it placed us on the wrong side of it, under its rule, needing rescue.

The word "ungodly and word-group" in Jude...It describes, not theoretical atheism, but practical godlessness.

Guilt, if cultivated in a Christian client, can render their Christianity worthless to themselves and others.

I learned the first rule of repentance: that repentance requires greater intimacy with God than with our sin.

What is to be gained if we are so intent in reaching out to the unchurched that we then unchurch the reached?