All the masterpieces of art contain both light and shadow. A happy life is not one filled with only sunshine, but one which uses both light and shadow to produce beauty.
Why should we give God thanks? Because everything we have comes from God.
All my life I’ve been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.
Sin then is not a toy with which to play but a terror to be shunned.
I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it.
There comes a moment when we all must realize that life is short, and in the end the only thing that really counts is not how others see us, but how God sees us.
Homes that are built on anything other than love are bound to crumble.
God has not promised to bless my thoughts, but He has promised to bless His Word.
God will never send anybody to hell. If man goes to hell, he goes by his own free choice.
Be to the world a sign that while we as Christians do not have all the answers, we do know and care about the questions.
Please join me in praying for America, that we will turn our hearts back toward God.
Talk about God can become dreary and lackluster if God isn’t in you.
Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality.
If we have no mercy toward others, that is one proof that we have never experienced God’s mercy.
Without the resurrection, the cross is meaningless.
What a moment to take the newspaper in one hand and the Bible in the other and watch the unfolding of the great drama of the ages. This is an exciting and thrilling time to be alive. I would not want to live in any other period.
Those outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world – not to win them, but to be like them.
I just want to lobby for God.
Being judgmental and condemning is not one of the gifts of the Spirit.
Most of us know about God, but that is quite different from knowing God.