People won't give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.

The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.

Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.

The local church is the hope of the world.

The Lord's Prayer is an excellent model, but it was never intended to be a magical incantation to get God's attention. Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to suggest the variety of elements that should be included when we pray.

Prayerless people cut themselves off from God's prevailing power, and the frequent result is the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, defeated. Surprising numbers of people are willing to settle for lives like that.

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