I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night.

When you make giving a priority, something happens inside of you. Especially when it's financially challenging to do so. It's like you loosen your grip on a value system whose motto says, "Money is the key to life and happiness and safety."

Every story of change there is always someone who didn't have the resources or the network they needed and did something anyway.

Why create churches for 50-year-olds and let culture have the students?

The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover that portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference.

If you see your brother in need, it doesn't matter if you already gave somewhere else. You should be open to the idea of God using you to meet your brother's unexpected need.

You won't take risk without courage.