"If you want your children to love Jesus deeply, hold out for a man that is Godly. And let me tell you this: I am well aware that Godly men are rare. Lots of neat Christian boys, not a lot of Godly men. And we’re working our tails off for you to try to develop some into that. But don’t settle, because it’s better that you be lonely now than you be married and lonely later. Are you tracking with me? It is better that you be lonely now than for you to get married to a man that will teach your kids everything but the way of Jesus."

"That idea [the one] is a steaming pile of garbage that has woman after woman in a search for the unicorn, the oompa loompa… See in this idiot ideology that we’ve created with our movies, if one person marries the wrong person doesn’t that jack it up for everybody? This is a foolish idea. I’m just a man and my wife is just a girl. She cannot complete me, cannot fulfill me, cannot make sense of my world. And to expect her to is to put pressure on her that she will be unable to carry, will be unable to sustain, and will be unable to bring any of those things into my life which will create in me an anger towards her for not doing what she was never designed to do, created to do, or able to do. So when a woman says this man will complete me, this man will make sense of my world, this man will help me know who I am, this man will heal my wounds… you are putting weight on a man that he will be unable to sustain and it will only be a matter of time before he develops hobbies to get out from under that expectation. Put your hope in God, not men. We’re sinners which means sometimes on accident and sometimes on purpose we are going to fail you and wound you. Don’t ask us to be more than we were designed to be."

"I know it feels like the worst thing in the world just happened, but God says He’s in there, with a plan in place, transforming the worst into the very best. I have no idea how He does it, but He promises He’s doing it all the same."

"I remember one morning getting up at dawn, there was such a sense of possibility. You know, that feeling? And I remember thinking to myself: So, this is the beginning of happiness. This is where it starts. And of course there will always be more. It never occurred to me it wasn’t the beginning. It was happiness. It was the moment. Right then."

"There’s nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood… And understanding someone else."