A leader enables people to love and honor the role they play in the organization or group they are part of

The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.

As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.

Find a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego.

In the story of the good Samaritan, Jesus not only teaches us to help people in need; more deeply, he teaches us that we cannot identify who “has it”, who is “in” with God, who is “blessed”, by looking at exteriors of any sort. That is a matter of the heart. There alone the kingdom of the heavens and human kingdoms great and small are knit together. Draw any cultural or social line you wish, and God will find his way beyond it.

Kingdom obedience is kingdom abundance

The acid test for any theology is this: Is the God presented one that can be loved, heart, soul, mind, and strength? ... If it fails to set a lovable God--a radiant, happy, friendly, accessible, and totally competent being--before ordinary people, we have gone wrong