Show me a man's closest companions and I can make a fairly accurate guess as to what sort of man he is, as well as what sort of man he is likely to become.

The point, do whatever it take to approach the Word with a fresh perspective.

If you leave the church service thinking about how good the pastor was, he has missed the mark. If you leave consumed with Christ, the pastor has been used by the Lord.

You never graduate from the school of discipleship.

Woodrow Kroll is dead-on in his assessment of the church's lack of engagement with the Word.

So it is with scripture. The word of God is there, able to transform your life. But you must probe for it. You have to penetrate the surface with more than just a cursory glance.

You cannot impart what you do not possess.