God will test you because He wants you to mature. He wants you to develop a walk with Him that is not based on your fluctuating emotions, but on your commitment to Him as you learn to walk by faith.

When I get up to speak tonight, it's kind of a monologue. When I am talking with someone one-on-one, it's a dialogue. I ask them questions; I listen; I respond appropriately. I think we can do it in a loving way.

And any declaration of faith that does not result in a changed life and good works is a false declaration. It is faith alone that justifies. But faith that justifies can never be alone.

If you want to win some, you have to be winsome - be nice, be friendly and then appropriately apply the gospel.

What we now consider to be radical behavior was to early believers nothing more than a sincere attempt to live obediently.

I have to impose my belief to share with a person.

God's judgement begins to fall on the Earth.