“The primary purpose of a home is to reflect and to distribute the love of Christ. Anything that usurps that is idolatrous.”

“Worship is a posture of life that takes as its primary purpose the understanding of what it really means to love and revere God.”

“The primary purpose of reading the Bible is not to know the Bible but to know God.”

“A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of green paper.”

“I started out hoping to remind people at some point in the novel that we should be loving and kind. But then the theme usurped my life, spilling over into my novels until love was no longer a small voice, but now my purpose as a writer.”

“The primary purpose of going to college isn't to get a great job. The primary purpose of college is to build a strong mind, which leads to greater self-awareness, capability, fulfillment, and service opportunities, which, incidentally, should lead to a better job.”