“There is nothing more powerful than gaining knowledge through our beliefs via personal experiences because when we turn belief into knowledge this way, we know what we know at the very core of our ...”

“Knowing what we believe and why we believe it is not an option for the Christian, because as believers, OUR BELIEFS ARE THE VERY HEART OF WHO WE ARE.”

“When we love God with our hearts in disproportion to our minds, our faith is out of kilter with the kind of faith God wants us to have.”

“The secret to extraordinary faith is fully engaging our MINDS, as well as our hearts, because DYNAMIC FAITH REQUIRES A HEALTHY BALANCE OF BOTH.”

“God gave us His Word so we could know truth. His truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth.”

“When we own our beliefs, we have clear boundaries. We know what we believe and we know what others believe. There is no confusion. Our identity is strong to us and everyone else.”

“Every category has its snobs: music, books, movies. There are so many things a man is only pressured into liking or disliking.”

“The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the most absolute of kings.”

“God gave us His Word so we could know truth. His truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth.”

“We must believe in love, always!”

“The Lord is God. God is Holy.”

“May our lifestyles be a testimony of the hope we have in Christ Jesus.”

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.”

“I live alone," he said simply. "I live in the open. I hear the waves at night and see the black patterns of the pine boughs against the sky. With sound and silence and color and solitude, of course...”

“It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. It is hard to desecrate a grove and change your mind. The very holy mountains are keeping mu...”