Contemporary American churches in particular do not require following Christ in his example, spirit, and teachings as a condition of membership-either of entering into or continuing in fellowship of a denomination or a local church.... Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have not yet decided to follow Christ.

In one way or another, it is a common mistake to think transformation is all in the will. And it isn't! It's in the mind - how we think, what occupies our minds, and so forth. It's in our feelings. It's in our body.

The Spiritual disciplines are wisdom and not righteousness.

The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life-if indeed we can conceive of it.

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

Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.

You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.