You cannot hate a people and reach a people at the same time.

If we demand things in worship that can't be in every culture, then we're demanding cultural preferences, not biblical.

If you're regularly willing to give a critique, but not willing to take one, you're not a leader, you're a cynic.

Don't let your church be a cul-de-sac on the Great Commission highway.

Barna is correct when he writes, "After fifteen years of diligent digging into the world around me, I have reached several conclusions about the future of the Christian church in America. The central conclusion is that the American church is dying due to lack of strong spiritual leadership. In this time of unprecedented opportunity and plentiful resources, the church is actually losing influence. The primary reason is the lack of leadership. Nothing is more important than leadership."7

Teaching people to become like Jesus, outside of the power of Jesus, dishonors Jesus.

To engage people in culture we must remember that holiness is separation from sin, not separation from sinners.