This tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness

Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet.

One of my great goals in life is to live long enough to where I am in the pulpit, preaching my heart out, and I die on the spot, my chin hits the pulpit - boom! - and I'm down and out. What a way to die!

One essential ingredient for being an original in the day of copies is courageous vision.

It's the nature of the beast within us to keep going back to the familiar rather than to strap on faith and face the future.

Many seducers clutter the simple message of the gospel with legalistic additions, with convoluted attempts to legitimize moral compromise, and with psychological theories that turn churches into relational support groups instead of houses of worship.

Every one of us can blame somebody for something that has happened in our lives. But don't waste your time. What we need most is a steady stream of love flowing among us. Love that quickly forgives, willingly overlooks, and refuses to take offense.