The secret to responsible trust is acceptance. Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving, knowing that the confinement of the hedge we're in is good and for His glory. Even though what we're enduring may be painful, it's good simply because God Himself has allowed it.

I'm not against screens, or new songs, or innovation. I just don't like the gimmicks. I want to know when worship is over that that leader's sole purpose was to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

Battles are won in the trenches, in the grit and grime of courageous determination; they are won day by day in the arena of life.

Thanksgiving is a time of quiet reflection; an annual reminder that God has, again, been ever so faithful. The solid and simple things of life are brought into clear focus.

If I had my life to live over, I'd have spent more hours in worship.

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