You were placed on earth to know God. Everything else is secondary.

When you see that sunset or that panoramic view of God's finest expressed in nature, and the beauty just takes your breath away, remember it is just a glimpse of the real thing that awaits you in heaven.

The Bible says that in the last days, there will be people in our churches who are not true believers, among other things. Because of watered-down messages and compromise, people will feel comfortable in certain churches because they are never confronted with their sin. I believe my job as a pastor is to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable.

The message of the season is not, "Let it snow" or even, "Let us shop." The real message of Christmas is, "Let us worship." That is what the wise men came to do. And that is what we should be doing as well.

Every Christian is called to preach the gospel. We need to take the commission seriously.

Either you will have harmony with God and friction with people, or you will have harmony with people and friction with God.

When someone gets up and says that the Bible is not the word of God, I really don't care what their point is. That, to me, is apostasy.