Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.

When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.

What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.

Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.

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

Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.

The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.