“...beauty was found beyond the surface. It was there, beyond the skin of this world, that a cure of ugliness could be… — Ted Dekker Beauty Copy Share Image
“letting go is something you do, not just talk about. Talking about forgiving changes nothing. Doing it changes everything, not just in… — Ted Dekker Forgiveness Copy Share Image
The world didn’t like to look at the dark underside very often. But that didn’t change the ugliness; it only ensured that… — Ted Dekker Dark Copy Share Image
“For the sake of the world, they had to cling to what they knew, not what their emotions demanded from them.” — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel's Veins. And those plunged beneath that watery grave to drink of His… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“The Beatles insisted he let it be, let it be. Stephen ejected the tape from his eight-track and threw it on the… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
I would like my readers to close the cover at the end and say, 'Wow, I never thought of it like that… — Ted Dekker Books Copy Share Image
The four rules of writing... 1. Write to discover. 2. There is no greater discovery than love. 3. All love comes from… — Ted Dekker Creator Copy Share Image
“You cannot love anything or anyone more than you love yourself and you can't love yourself unless you see yourself whole. If… — Ted Dekker Love yourself Copy Share Image
There is indeed good and there is indeed evil, and both walk the earth. But good has little to do with the… — Ted Dekker Behavior Copy Share Image
“...I once thought I defeated the evil in my heart. I learned something: We can face our demons, burn them up, stomp… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Most believers struggle to really believe in the supernatural as a meaningful, deterministic reality except during moments when they are drawn to… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
If you could find a way to peel back the skin of this world so to speak, would you really see this… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
I sell ideas. Actually, if you think about it, everything is really no more than idea. The past is nothing more than… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
…It’s not that you don’t have the capacity to accept the truth. You don’t want to accept it, and you hide behind… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
And he wants you to keep that at the front of your mind? He wants you to stay focused on the darkest… — Ted Dekker Darkness Copy Share Image
“They were truly new people. No longer Forest People, certainly not the Horde. They were outcasts. They were the chosen. Those who… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Know that you are loved, my dear...Know that you can and will rise above all your fears. I now call you water… — Ted Dekker Fear Copy Share Image
My journey is so similar to everyone else's journey, because we all are human. We all have been defeated by the powers… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Whoever said that a straightened hand was more dramatic than a healed heart anyway?" -the character Dr. Paul Thompson from Blessed Child” — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take… — Ted Dekker Books Copy Share Image
“Take a leap of faith and see that these troubled waters have no power over you unless you give it to them,… — Ted Dekker Faith Copy Share Image
“This world we now live in may indeed be a beautiful gift from God, but do not forget that it's our union… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
The light came into the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it, but that no longer mattered because the light was… — Ted Dekker Darkness Copy Share Image
The pain was so deep and so raw. There were days I would have died just to forget. The problem was, I… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Women could be quite crafty, he knew that much. His father said it often. Smarter than men, too, most of the time.… — Ted Dekker Fall in love Copy Share Image
“Only a woman could make so much out of so little. Give them a single fact and they'd fashion it into a… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“The day is brimming with freedom. He took another draw of the air. There's nothing like the clean smell of freedom, wouldn't… — Ted Dekker Freedom Copy Share Image
“We’re far more than just physical beings having a spiritual experience. We’re spiritual beings having a temporary physical experience.” — Ted Dekker Religion Copy Share Image
“Do you believe? "I believe," he said softly. What do you believe? "I believe that I will kill these two to save… — Ted Dekker Belief Copy Share Image
“There is my first insight, young woman. Always downplay the value of money; it will make it much easier for him to… — Ted Dekker Humor Copy Share Image
“Love can only be found in freedom of choice. And for choice to exist, there must be an alternative to choose. Something… — Ted Dekker Choice Copy Share Image
“Look at me, see how I resemble a puddle of dog vomit? Won't you please throw your fingers to your teeth and… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
How can you hope to recognize good and evil for what they truly are if you have no belief in a moral… — Ted Dekker Authority Copy Share Image
“It's neither and it's both. That's the perfect kind of art. Labels only detract from the artist's intention.” — Ted Dekker Art Copy Share Image
“Will you follow me, Darsal? Will you Silvie? Will you both follow me to hell and back because two fuzzy white bats… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
This will wreck you! Today, treat everyone you meet as if they're going to be dead by midnight. extend all the kindness… — Ted Dekker Death Copy Share Image
“You give people a little money and they lose all their manners, even the ones who had manners to begin with.” — Ted Dekker Manners Copy Share Image
It is critical that writers who embrace the light of Christ's redemptive love characterize the darkness arrayed against us in a way… — Ted Dekker Christ Copy Share Image
Where is God? Where can I find him?" we ask. We don't realize that's like a fish swimming frantically through the ocean… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
