People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don't plan not to.

Telling someone they're wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what's right.

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

Not the one who knows the most, but the one who loves faithfully and consistently the most, is a true follower of Jesus.

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

What percentage should you give? I tell people to start with 10 percent because the Bible writers have a lot to say about the tithe, which means, "tenth." For some people, that's extremely uncomfortable. But so is a colonoscopy, and those save countless lives.

Leaders make things better and that requires change.