Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along.

One of my biggest fears - maybe my biggest weakness as a Christian - is that I have a hard time going up to a stranger and talking to them about Jesus.

It's a pretty crazy task to try to describe God "quickly." Everything starts with a healthy fear of Him.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

God never excuses sin. And He is always consistent with that ethic. Whenever we start to question whether God really hates sin, we have only to think of the cross, where His Son was tortured, mocked, and beaten because of sin. Our sin

We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.

A person who is obsessed is characterized by committed, settled, passionate love for God, above and before every other thing and every other being.