Nothing on earth has greater potential to change lives and carry out His kingdom work in your community, than your local church.There's nothing like the local church when it's working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close.

If you are anything like me you'll have to fight tooth-and-nail to stay in the game (evangelism). Because although the home runs have been invigorating, my batting average over the years is abysmally low.

Don't steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.

The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It's the presence of a reconciling spirit.

We will probably have to pay a price for devoting our lives to building the kingdom of God. Jesus did.

You have never looked in the eyes of someone who does not matter to God.

Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime.