As a leader it is your job to protect the missional integrity of the Jesus gathering to which you have been called. It is your responsibility to see to it that the church under your care continues as a gathering of people in process; a place where the curious, the unconvinced, the skeptical, the used-to-believe and the broken, as well as the committed, informed and sold-out come together around Peter's declaration that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Nobody at home should feel like they are competing with somebody at work.

On day one, the Church wasn't for church people because there weren't any church people.

There's a monumental difference in believing in God and believing God.

As long as you are carrying a secret, as long as you are trying to ease your conscience by telling God how sorry you are, you are setting yourself up to repeat the past.

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

My kids think you are always supposed to be in a small group and lead one.