Rejoicing is clearly a spiritual command. To ignore it, I need to remind you, is disobedience.

Humility - the discipline of putting others ahead of self, the choice to value others above self - is, at its core, a matter of faith.

Strength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.

Our identity as Christians is strengthened as we stand in the lengthening shadows of saints down through the centuries, who have always answered back in antiphonal voice: 'He is risen, indeed!'

If I ever wrote a book on preaching, it would contain three words: Preach the Word. Get rid of all the other stuff that gets you sidetracked; preach the Word.

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

Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.