Never use a gallon of words to express a spoonful of thought. Our unadorned word should be enough.

The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve.

Good works are indispensable to salvation - not as its ground or means, however, but as its consequence and evidence.

Grace is God loving, God stooping, God coming to the rescue, God giving himself generously in and through Jesus Christ.

All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name.

Although we have responsibilities to others, we are primarily accountable to God. It is before him that we stand, and to him that one day we must give an account. We should not therefore rate human opinion too highly.

The cross is not just a badge to identify us...it is also the compass which gives us our bearings in a disoriented world.