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In the world, success is measured in terms of legacy, what we leave behind. In God's kingdom, success is measured by what we send on ahead.

One problem with today's culture is that we defend too many rights and ignore too many wrongs.

Forgiveness is the virtue of the courageous, the response of the forgiven, the mercy of the just.

If it's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game, why keep score?

The problem with today's culture is that we have too many rights and not enough wrongs.

Not much has changed in the past 6,000 years. We still hide from God because we know we're naked.

SUPPORT LITERACY! A child who cannot read cannot text.

Complete honesty is not the same thing as full disclosure.

The habitual use of profanity is not progressive, just unimaginative.

Laws without enforced consequences are merely suggestions.

Writing is a solitary occupation, except for Presidential speeches and sitcoms.

When a friend of mine boasted about living in a gated community, I thought he meant Folsom, and I wondered whether he knew Charles Manson.

An individual who delights at all in the beauty of language does well to avoid becoming an attorney or a legislator.

What I like best about cell phones is that I can talk to myself in the car now and nobody thinks it's weird.

In his natural perversion, a man wants to lie with a hooker, wed a virgin, and keep both.

While many people are proud of being self-made, it only explains all the flaws.

We were created with the ability and the inclination to admire beauty. We should, however, do our best not to fall in love with it.

America is a post-Christian nation only in the sense that we have built a tenement on the foundation of a palace.

Reading book reviews is like asking other people to chew your food for you.

If women don't like men staring at their chests, they shouldn't write on them.

Writing is like gardening. Planting, watering, and weeding are not enough. You have to prune if you want growth.

Mankind's first sin gave us the ability to know both good and evil. Our subsequent sins make us increasingly unable to tell the difference.

Many who have found Jesus Christ wanting in time of need have God confused with a genii.

Judging art is like caging a bird. Instead of seeing it soar, you can only watch it flutter.

Science can neither prove nor disprove Scripture; it can hope only to begin to understand it.

Lust is insatiable, whether it feeds on power, wealth, or flesh. It eventually consumes our morality and ultimately consumes our humanity.

Do what you will, but never out of fear.

I read the writings of great men and women so that I can think bigger thoughts.

No one can take credit for inspiration or creativity.

Followers of Jesus do well to spend more time engaging him than explaining him.

If wool shrinks when you wash it, why don't sheep get smaller when it rains?

Harpies, n. A disease transmitted to humans by birds with human faces.

I'd rather be frequently quoted than widely published.

I don't object to the proliferation of the 'f-bomb' in screenplays because the adjective is vulgar but because it is unimaginative.

Courtship is driven by hormones; marriage is sustained by humility and self-sacrifice.

RON BRACKIN'S TEXAS GLOSSARY "Peccadello" n. roadkill.

I'm 68 years old, and somebody asked if I'm retired. I told him, No, I'll still be writing long after I'm dead.

Gray areas are just the inability to distinguish between darkness and light.

When a lady accessorizes in here in Texas, she's selecting caliber, not color.

The right to choose does not mean the choice is right.

Choose your words carefully. The only place you can take back what you said is the Congressional Record.

We can read a good spiritual book in search of information or in search of God. We will find only what we're looking for.

Homeowners' Association: the means whereby people who own homes are able to transfer their rights to the neighborhood control freaks.

One difference between the Bible and the Constitution is that we can still talk to the author of the Bible to discover original intent.

Q. How many docents does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. Two. One to remove the old lightbulb and the other to tell the story behind it.

There's no such thing as good art or bad art. Art is popular or unpopular. What is banned in Boston may be bid on at Christie's.

Nothing conquers the chaos around me like the calm assurance that I am at peace with God.

The nature of a true seeker after beauty is to overlook flaws.

Confusion and doubt are an important part of faith.

Man's strongest instinct is not sex or self-preservation. it's to level the playing field.

Save the trees! Return to the gold standard!

When God asks a question, it is always rhetorical.

If one man challenges a statement and another cannot prove it, it does not necessarily follow that the statement is false.

The more we thank God, the less we ask of him.

Progressive. n. One who is unable to distinguish between novelty and enlightenment.