When the house is on fire, don't tell me what your spiritual gift is. Just grab a hose and put out the fire.

It isn't about who is 'for' or 'against' you, it's about who you are for.

The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you

As a pastor I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.

We begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.

It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God

If you feed an appetite, it grows. Satisfying an appetite does not diminish it. It expands it. To diminish an appetite, you have to starve it.