Faith is not the absence of doubt; it is continuing to follow Jesus in the midst of doubt.

Being converted to Jesus is learning to so adore God that we would gladly renounce everything we have to follow Him.

My identity and my security are not in my spiritual progress. My identity and my security are in God’s acceptance of me given as a gift in Christ.

Surveys show that more than 50 percent of people in the U.S. have prayed the sinner's prayer and think they're going to heaven because of it even though there is no detectable difference in their lifestyles from those outside of the church. On this issue- the most important issue on earth- we have to be absolutely clear. We need to preach salvation by repentance before God and faith in the finished work of Christ.

God sometimes answers our prayers by giving us what we would have asked for had we known what He knows.

Satan's primary temptation strategy is to try and make us forget what God has said about us and to evaluate our standing before God by some other criteria

At your church, the week is more important than the weekend. Empower people and send them out for the week.