“We can grow so accustomed to being spoon-fed the Word of God that we sometimes forget how to examine the Scriptures for ourselves.”

We want Christ to hurry and calm the storm. He wants us to find him in the midst of it first.

FAITH receives more than it asks. DOUBT loses more than it disbelieved.

Picture God nudging you and me awake before dawn because He can hardly wait to be with us.

You don’t have to say everything to say something.

If you are not royalty, He is not King.

We might not be able to change our circumstances, but we CAN change our attitude.

Only you can decide how your fires will affect you. Will you be sanctified or scarred

When we live to the glory of God, we show His goodness living through us instead of just ourselves.

A broken heart heals when we allow the healing to go as deep as the wound went.

Good humor and laughter are far too wonderful not to come straight from the heart of God.

True intimacy with God always brings humility.

Differences will always exist, but division doesn’t always have to result.

We live by faith. We love by faith.

Anyone who truly walks with God, walks humbly. The closer we draw near to Him, the more we behold His majesty!

Trust God to take care of you in all circumstances. Do you realize what the enemy will lose if you surrender and trust God?

If we wait for the needy to walk through our church doors, we may wait a long time. God doesn’t wait for people to come to Him. He goes to them.

Historian Robert Paxton begins one of his books by asserting: Fascism was the major political innovation of the twentieth century, and the source of much of its pain.

Every book is the wreck of a perfect idea.

Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry because we didn’t think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.

Above all, except the wife and children, I want to see my books.

Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you’re going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book.

I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.

Don’t be afraid to go to your library and read every book as long as any document does not offend your own ideas of decency.