My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.

Contrary to common belief, Christian fiction did not begin with Catherine Marshall, Janette Oke, or Frank Peretti.

Fiction has subversive potential. People let it into their minds, like the Trojan Horse. They don't know what's inside. You hook them with the story, and God can work below the level of their consciousness. Fiction can be propaganda for evil or convey a theme that impacts people for good.

I guess chemistry is just another word for love.

In a marriage, every fight is the same fight, over and over again, in different forms.

That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.

I love being a husband and a father. That aspect of my life has been a joy.