“Jesus is the most normal Christian in the Bible.”

People of excellence will always be brought before people of influence.

The biggest enemy to prayer is praying for something you already have.

Fear is a thief. It robbed Peter of a perfectly good walk on water, & kept the other eleven in the boat.

If you don’t live by the praise of men you won’t die by their criticism.

Divine favor causes you to rise to the top in your sphere of influence, and the reality is that favor can be recognized more easily is your start at the bottom.

It is unnatural for a Christian not to have an appetite for the impossible.

We don’t believe because we understand. We understand because we believe.

Any area of my life for which I have no hope is under the influence of a lie.

Our assignment is to see the dominion of God realized into people’s lives. It is not an overpowering control, it is a life-giving, liberating experience with the almighty God, who is an ultimate, perfect Father who loves to bring liberty and freedom to His people.

No one has ever overdosed on encouragement.

My future is drawing me into a hope-filled life that has a purpose of saying, ‘on earth as it is in Heaven.’

Obedience is not measured by our ability to obey laws and principles, obedience is measured by our response to God’s voice.

Truths that are not experienced are, in effect, more like theories than truths. Whenever God reveals truth to us He is inviting us into a divine encounter.

Perfectionism is the counterfeit of excellence. Excellence is Kingdom, while perfectionism is religion. What ever you do, do it with all you might, and as unto the Lord. That is excellence.

You cannot hold God hostage (to your questions). He doesn’t owe you an answer. If you want the peace that passes understanding, you’re going to have to give up your right to understanding. It’s called trust.

You have authority over every storm you can sleep in

In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.

Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!

Does not the passage of Moses and the Israelites into the Holy Land yield incomparably more poetic variety than the voyages of Ulysses or Aeneas?

As to women, the Islamic faith has given women rights that are equal to or more than the rights given them in the Old Testament and the Bible.

I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.

I am putting together a secular bible. My Genesis is when the apple falls on Newton’s head.

Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight.

I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.