God doesn't need us to give Him our money. He owns everything. Tithing is God's way to grow Christians.
Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'
The church is not the way to heaven; the church is the sign that points to heaven.
Weโre to love people and use things, not love things and use people.
I believe you have to keep the theological standard high; the Lord said, 'Be perfect,' and the leaders have to be striving for that standard with all there is in them.
A church is an incubator, a nursery, a grade school. You start where people are and move them to where they need to be.