You can have control. You can have growth. But, you can't have both.

As it goes with leaders, so it goes with the whole organization.

As we're growing closer to God, I ask people to decide when God wants them to stay planted exactly where they are.

If you want what NORMAL people have, do what normal people DO. If you want what FEW people have, do what few people DO.

What you fear reveals where you trust God the least

Personally, I hate flossing. So this is the first discipline I quit when I am stressed. But if I stop this one important habit, then I might be tempted to cheat on my eating plan, stay up too late, or skip my Bible reading. If I stay faithful in doing something that I don't enjoy, I tend to believe that I'm disciplined. Therefore, I eat better, go to bed on time, and stay in God's Word.

I'd argue that people today aren't rejecting Christ so much as they're rejecting the church.