God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god.

The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.

Scripture is profitable for training in righteousness. No one succeeds at the highest level in sports without working out. No one makes it in music without lots of practice. No one excels in scholarship without years of study. And no one makes it far in the school of holiness without hours and days and years in the word. You and I simply will not mature as quickly, minister as effectively, or live as gloriously without immersing ourselves in the Scriptures. We need the Bible if we are to be competent Christians.

Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.

Don't try so hard to be hip. When the Church finds out what is cool, it is not cool anymore.

The only thing more important than ministry is being ministered to.

Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.