More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers. It was commitment that thinned the ranks.

The best tests of my Christian growth occur in the mainstream of life, not in the quietness of my study

Life...as God intended it enables us to live above the drag of fear, superstition, shame, pessimism, guilt, anxiety, worry, and all the negativity that keeps people from seizing each day as a gift from Him.

It's not our church; it's God's - it's not our responsibility to run it!

If you allow it, [suffering] can be the means by which God brings you His greatest blessings.

The beautiful thing about this adventure called faith is that we can count on Him never to lead us astray.

I want to preach till the last breath in my lungs runs out.