The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.

You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.

The local church is the hope of the world.

Leaders need to have a ruthless commitment to resolving relational conflict regardless of how bad it feels.

Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!

One thing is that life's great moments evolve from simple acts of cooperation with God's mysterious promptings-nudges that always lean toward finding what's been lost and freeing what's been enslaved .