When God asks a question, it is always rhetorical.
We can read a good spiritual book in search of information or in search of God. We will find only what we’re looking for.
If it is true, as God says, that we are as we think, we risk becoming what we most fear if our fear is stronger than our love.
The nature of a true seeker after beauty is to overlook flaws.
Who but the Christian, among the religions of the world and throughout time, worships a God who loves him so much that he died an agonizing and wretched death to pay for his sins?
It is not sufficient for artistic expressions to serve as “signposts declaring what it is to be fully human.” They should impart a vision of what it can be to become divine.
Judging art is like caging a bird. Instead of seeing it soar, you can only watch it flutter.
Art–music, painting, sculpture, dance, drama–opens doors to our soul, exposing our lives to whom or what we allow to enter.
Lust is insatiable, whether it feeds on power, wealth, or flesh. It eventually consumes our morality and ultimately consumes our humanity.
If sex is a skill, with its attendant expectations, frustrations, and failures, you are graded on performance; if it is an expression of love and commitment, you are not graded at all.
Man’s strongest instinct is not sex or self-preservation. it’s to level the playing field.
No one can take credit for inspiration or creativity.
Writers block occurs when a writer has nothing to say. Unfortunately not all writers experience it.
An individual who delights at all in the beauty of language does well to avoid becoming an attorney or a legislator.
Faith is such a wonderful thing. Without it, we would be panicky when we feel like we’re standing alone and when the things we need and yearn for seem to be beyond our reach.
Forgiveness is the virtue of the courageous, the response of the forgiven, the mercy of the just.
Gray areas are just the inability to distinguish between darkness and light.
One problem with today’s culture is that we defend too many rights and ignore too many wrongs.
Mankind’s first sin gave us the ability to know both good and evil. Our subsequent sins make us increasingly unable to tell the difference.
Complete honesty is not the same thing as full disclosure.
One difference between the Bible and the Constitution is that we can still talk to the author of the Bible to discover original intent.
We praise God, not because he needs our praise (for all glory resides in and on him), but in order to see him more clearly, enlarge our soul, and relieve our spirit.
Not much has changed in the past 6,000 years. We still hide from God because we know we’re naked.
The right to choose does not mean the choice is right.
While many people are proud of being self-made, it only explains all the flaws.
America is a post-Christian nation only in the sense that we have built a tenement on the foundation of a palace.
Nothing conquers the chaos around me like the calm assurance that I am at peace with God.
Progressive. n. One who is unable to distinguish between novelty and enlightenment.
People are fond of saying this or that “changed my life.” What they mean is something influenced their life. Only Jesus Christ–or WITSEC–can really change a life.
Many who have found Jesus Christ wanting in time of need have God confused with a genii.
Followers of Jesus do well to spend more time engaging him than explaining him.
The artist is the only one qualified to criticize his art, because only the artist knows what he was trying to express and how satisfied he is with the attempt.
Confusion and doubt are an important part of faith.
Writing is like gardening. Planting, watering, and weeding are not enough. You have to prune if you want growth.
One of the difficult things about growing older is that you start losing so many friends. On the other hand, the older you get, the less time you have to wait until you see them again.
Writing is a solitary occupation, except for Presidential speeches and sitcoms.
If one man challenges a statement and another cannot prove it, it does not necessarily follow that the statement is false.
I am old enough to enjoy a bit of nostalgia, but wise enough to know that there haven’t been any “good ol’ days” since Eden (the garden, not the prime minister).
When a lady accessorizes in here in Texas, she’s selecting caliber, not color.
If wool shrinks when you wash it, why don’t sheep get smaller when it rains?
The Holy Spirit never uses guilt or shame to persuade us to give. For that matter, he never persuades us to give in the first place. That’s called manipulation, a device employed by a different spirit.
Harpies, n. A disease transmitted to humans by birds with human faces.
The words ‘good’ and ‘love’ have become so trivialized in our culture–not that our definitions were so accurate to begin with–that, in times of distress or disappointment, we struggle to believe that God is either.
SUPPORT LITERACY! A child who cannot read cannot text.
When a friend of mine boasted about living in a gated community, I thought he meant Folsom, and I wondered whether he knew Charles Manson.
In the world, success is measured in terms of legacy, what we leave behind. In God’s kingdom, success is measured by what we send on ahead.
Homeowners’ Association: the means whereby people who own homes are able to transfer their rights to the neighborhood control freaks.