Silver and gold are not the only coin virtue too passes current all over the world.

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

Christians who enjoy and support art and culture, who make it a priority in their lives, and who reach out to those in the arts instead of reflexively pushing them away, can help bring the culture toward a renewed appreciation of goodness, truth, and beauty. And that is good for everyone.

I shifted my attention to South because I felt I was being overexposed in the TV medium and my characters were also getting repetitive.

Finger-picking, in general, is a hypnotic thing. I feel like I'm more A.D.D. all the time, so the music has to be hypnotic.

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

But there's a blessing in everything if we open our eyes.

It's what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us.

Seeking out the Word helps immensely, I've found. It helps to push out the distractions that can cause confusion.

If you're a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can. You will read when you feel like it, and you will read when you don't. You will do whatever you have to do to increase your leadership input, because you know as well as I do that it will make you better.

The notion that "our thoughts are not His thoughts" is an Old Testament statement about a rebellious Israel whom the prophet was beseeching to repent (see Isa. 55:8). To the obedient Christian, that statement should be changed to "Our thoughts are His thoughts.

The key to either great purpose or great destruction lies in where we choose to sustain our focus. Knowing