How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable.

You are both a work of art and an artist at work.

Jesus' death wasn't to free us from dying, but to free us from the fear of death. Jesus came to liberate us so that we could die up front and then live. Jesus Christ wants to take us to places where only dead men and women can go.

Greatness comes with discipline.

We have to ask ourselves, 'Am I really trying to discern God's will, or determine whether I want to do it?'

It's not your freedom to choose that makes you free. It's what you choose in that freedom that makes you free.

Two thousand years ago, God started a revolt against the religion He started. So don't ever put it past God to cause a groundswell movement against churches and Christian institutions that bear His name.