The bloodline of Jesus is thicker, deeper, stronger than the bloodline of race, ethnicity and family.

People are not prepared or able to rejoice in suffering unless they experience a massive biblical revolution of how they think and feel about the meaning of life. Human nature and American culture make it impossible to rejoice in suffering. This is a miracle in the human soul wrought by God through His Word.

Too many Christians are fighting graduate school sins with a grammar school knowledge of God.

The Lord is kind. He is good to all who take refuge under his wings.

The highest act of love is the giving of the best gift, and, if necessary, at the greatest cost, to the least deserving. That's what God did. At the loss of His Son's life to the totally undeserving, God gave the best gift - the display of the glory of Christ who is the image of God.

If you want to be a conduit for God's grace, you don't have to be lined with gold. Copper will do.

One of the most important discoveries I have ever made is this truth: God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him. This is the motor that drives my ministry as a pastor. It affects everything I do.