The net that catches me when I confront traumatic events is that 10,000 years from now, they will be a reason for rejoicing.

He can heal me. I believe He will. I believe I'm going to be an old surely Baptist preacher. And even if He doesn't...that's the thing: I've read Philippians 1. I know what Paul says. I'm here let's work, if I go home? That's better. I understand that.

The engine that drives all your activities is hope. What you hope in shapes you.

The theme of the Bible is not that the world's not messy but that God's at work in the mess.

We believe more readily in the abstract application of God's promises than we do in their application to us personally.