When your memories exceed your dreams, the end is near.

Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible - that is just cheating. It's cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn't how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that.

It is when our hearts are stirred that we become most aware of what they contain.

If the Old and New Testament teach us anything, they teach us that nothing is too difficult for God. What he originates, he orchestrates.

In our minds, rich is always the other person, the other family. Rich is having more than you currently have. If that is the case, you can be rich and not feel it. You can be rich and not know it.

The insecure leader will interpret critical thinking as critiscism.

What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.