One of the great misconceptions about spiritual growth that develops in a lot of churches is that information alone is adequate to produce transformed human beings. So if we want to have a church of spiritually mature people, let's just keep cramming more and more information into them... Information alone is not adequate for the transformation of the human personality.

Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.

The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.

We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.

God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life.

Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.