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

If we do not become changed from the inside-out - if we don't morph - we will be tempted to find external methods to satisfy our need to feel that we're different from those outside the faith. If we cannot be transformed, we will settle for being informed or conformed.

When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it's done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.

Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.

People who are servants-humbly, honestly, and joyfully-keep getting revealed as the biggest winners. People who recognize and embrace their smallness keep getting bigger and bigger in God's eyes. It's the oddest scoring system.

The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.

There are dozens of references to God in the Scriptures for every one to the figure of Satan. This reflects a sometimes forgotten theological truth that the devil is by no means God’s counterpart. He is a creature, not the Creator.