He [God] wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father - authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.

It's not the things I don't understand about the Bible that bother me; it's the things I understand with perfect clarity and don't comply with that keep me up at night.

Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.

If I've learned anything about prayer, it's that desperation drives discipline.

Jesus is not directing the angelic choir, taking long naps, or doing crossword puzzles. He is completely focused on building his church, the hope of the world.

Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.

We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become 'self feeders.' We should have gotten people, taught people, how to read their bible between service, how to do the spiritual practices much more aggressively on their own.