

“God won’t force you to become something he never designed you to be. He created you. God wants to take your personality, your temperament, your talents, your experiences and give you a new character, new attitudes, new abilities, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit so you can reach your full potential.”
― God's Outrageous Claims: Discover What They Mean for You
― God's Outrageous Claims: Discover What They Mean for You

“So I cast my lot with him—not the one who claimed wisdom, Confucius; or the one who claimed enlightenment, Buddha; or the one who claimed to be a prophet, Muhammad, but with the one who claimed to be God in human flesh. The one who declared, ‘Before Abraham was born, I am’46 —and proved it.”
― The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity
― The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity

“if God were to place one of those adoption ads, His might say something like this:
'I'll take the person who feels inadequate and mediocre. I'll take the notorious and unworthy. I'll take the person whose misguided quest for fulfillment has gotten her mired in immorality. I'll take the person who's struggling with unanswered questions. I'll take the person who's on the treadmill of trying to prove she's somebody.
And I'll provide a depth of love that she can't find in empty sexuality. I'll provide the kind of fulfillment that materialism will never buy. I'll offer satisfaction that will endure even when the accolades stop.”
― What Jesus Would Say
'I'll take the person who feels inadequate and mediocre. I'll take the notorious and unworthy. I'll take the person whose misguided quest for fulfillment has gotten her mired in immorality. I'll take the person who's struggling with unanswered questions. I'll take the person who's on the treadmill of trying to prove she's somebody.
And I'll provide a depth of love that she can't find in empty sexuality. I'll provide the kind of fulfillment that materialism will never buy. I'll offer satisfaction that will endure even when the accolades stop.”
― What Jesus Would Say

“said Oswald Chambers, “is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.”
― Spiritual Mismatch: Hope for Christians Married to Someone Who Doesn’t Know God
― Spiritual Mismatch: Hope for Christians Married to Someone Who Doesn’t Know God

“Science and faith are not at war. When scientific evidence and biblical teaching are correctly interpreted, they can and do support each other. I’d say to anyone who doubts that: investigate the evidence yourself.”
― The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God
― The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God
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